People v. Abdul-Khaliq

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J), rendered June 10, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

*701The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant slashed his victim’s face with a razor, causing an injury that required 31 stitches, and his intent to cause serious physical injury could be readily inferred from his actions (see People v Getch, 50 NY2d 456, 465 [1980]; People v…