People v. Orkabi

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Haft, J.), rendered on June 30, 1987, convicting defendant, following a jury trial, of assault in the first degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 6 to 12 years, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of an unprovoked assault on a *645woman who happened to walk past him. After making a menacing remark to her, he smashed his wine bottle and began to follow her. He caught up with her, cutting her twice in the face. Two passersby, who never lost sight of defendant, tailed him until he was arrested.…