Legal Opinion

People v. DeSantis

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

Decided May 29, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Griffin, J.), rendered February 14, 2011, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal mischief in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that his conviction of assault in the second degree should be reversed since the evidence of “[plhysical injury” (Penal Law § 10.00 [9]) was legally insufficient. That contention is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Hawkins, 11 NY3d 484, 492 [2008]). In…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004

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