People v. Rivera

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Barrett, J.), rendered September 8, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, attempted robbery in the third degree and escape in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence supporting the assault conviction was legally sufficient to establish that defendant caused the victim to suffer physical injury. The testimony of the victim that the injury to his hand had hurt “a lot” and had caused swelling…