People v. Callender

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Juviler, J.), rendered June 14, 1993, convicting him of attempted assault in the second degree and assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant struck the complainant with his fists and a belt, kicked her with his boots, and stabbed her with a pencil. The complainant was taken to the hospital, where she was *651treated and released. She testified that she was bruised and swollen for about a week after the attack and that she was in a lot of…