People v. Soto

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered June 21, 1989, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the testimony adduced at trial was legally sufficient to demonstrate "physical injury” pursuant to Penal Law § 10.00 (9). The complainant testified that the defendant bit him on the forearm during…