People v. Du Boulay

On July 2, 1984, the defendant in this case, Correction Officer Antoine Du Boulay, and the victim, a prison inmate, had a dispute on the ninth floor of the Brooklyn House of Detention. The argument ended when the defendant punched the victim in the jaw, knocking him to the floor. While the victim lay on the floor unconscious, it is alleged that the defendant kicked him at least twice in the abdomen. The victim suffered a ruptured pancreas, necessitating immediate surgery.

*613The defendant was charged with three counts of assault in the second degree. He was tried before a jury and convicted of…