People v. Black

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obús, J.), rendered April 14, 2015, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree and robbery in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.

There was legally sufficient evidence to support the element of physical injury (see e.g. People v Medina, 139 AD3d 460, 460 [1st Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 933 [2016]). In a struggle over the victim’s phone, defendant slammed her against a wall and hurled her down a flight of stairs, causing bruises on her…