People v. Daniels

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (William McGuire, J., at dismissal motion; Ralph Fabrizio, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered June 20, 2013, convicting defendant of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Defendant inflicted severe stab wounds which, among other things, penetrated the victim’s lung and caused a dangerous leakage of air. There was nothing speculative about the…