People v. Tejeda

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The proof was sufficient to establish physical injury by "impairment of physical condition” (Penal Law § 10.00 [9]). The complainant testified that defendant hit him on the forehead with the barrel of a pistol, causing a wound that bled profusely; photographs taken two weeks later were in evi*938dence, showing a red, wishbone-shaped scar about one-half inch in diameter over the complainant’s right eye; and a scar was still visible at the time of trial more than four months later. We reject defendant’s contention…