Legal Opinion

People v. Fielding

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 6, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Browne, J.), rendered May 22, 1987, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish that the complainant had suffered a "physical injury” within the meaning of Penal Law § 10.00 (9) (see, People v Rojas, 61 NY2d 726, 727; People v…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. RojasNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. FieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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