People v. Ruiz

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Herbert Shapiro, J.), rendered June 22, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted rape in the first degree and assault in the second degree and sentencing him, as a violent felony offender, to concurrent, indeterminate terms of imprisonment of from six to twelve years and three to six years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant dragged the complainant to an abandoned lot, beat her head against concrete steps several times, and attempted to rape her. Responding to a woman’s screams, police officers saw defendant, approximately…