People v. Fields

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demakos, J.), rendered February 17, 1983, convicting him of assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The judgment is based on an incident in which the defendant beat his three-year-old son with a belt for approximately 30 minutes.

The defendant argues that "physical injury” was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, as required under Penal Law § 120.00 (1) for conviction of assault in the third degree. Physical…