People v. Gurley

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J), rendered August 18, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree (three counts) and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

We reject defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence with respect to one of the assault convictions. Evidence that the officer sustained a small abrasion to his knee, suffered soreness to his back, knee and wrist, and was…