People v. Iovinella

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Tomlinson, J.), rendered June 21, 1999, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of assault in the first degree.

Defendant was charged in a 16-count indictment with numerous crimes arising from the beating of his girlfriend on August 24, 1998. He pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree in full satisfaction of the indictment and was sentenced to 6 to 12 years in prison.

On appeal, defendant contends that County Court erroneously permitted the victim to read the written statements of her mother and father at…