People v. Rizk

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered January 8, 2014, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of three years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to reduce the sentence to a term of two years, with IV2 years’ postrelease supervision, and otherwise affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). To the extent that questions may be raised concerning the reliability of the trial…