Legal Opinion

People v. Pittman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 24, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Leibovitz, J.), rendered May 7, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 4 to 8 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the element of serious physical injury (Penal Law § 10.00 [10]) is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that evidence that the complainant sustained a 4 to 5 inch “incomplete fracture” to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. CulhaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. People v. BasoraNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. People v. PressleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  5. People v. MohammedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Howard v. McGinnisDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2009
  2. People v. MarquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. People v. BlauveltAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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