People v. Artis

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Kelly, J.), rendered August 16, 2006, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of assault in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt (see Penal Law § 120.05 [7]). In fulfilling our responsibility to conduct an independent review of the weight…