People v. James

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura Visitacion-Lewis, J.), rendered November 14, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the second degree and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of seven years, unanimously affirmed.

*241The evidence was legally sufficient to prove the element of physical injury (see e.g. People v Guidice, 83 NY2d 630, 636 [1994]; People v Smith, 283 AD2d 208 [2001], lv denied 96 NY2d 907 [2001]; Matter of Veronica R., 268 AD2d 287 [2000]). The victim suffered a sore…