People v. Coote

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael R. Sonberg, J.), rendered May 12, 2010, as amended May 28, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s assault conviction stems from the events that took place in a bar on October 15, 2009, when defendant struck the victim in the head with a “pint glass,” causing numerous lacerations to the victim’s neck, ear and scalp.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the…