People v. Cook

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kay, J.), rendered October 22, 1993, convicting him of assault in the second degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During an altercation that was instigated by the defendant and his companions, they attempted to rob the complainant, *523and the defendant cut the complainant’s neck with the jagged edge of a broken glass bottle, necessitating 125 stitches. The complainant’s girlfriend ran to a nearby telephone and dialed 911.

The tape recording of the…