People v. Russell

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grújales, J.), rendered November 12, 1987, convicting her of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s conviction of assault in the first degree arose out of an incident which occurred on October 14, 1986. On that date, the defendant had an argument with William Lynch, her landlord’s husband, concerning Lynch’s directive to her to find another place to live. During the argument, Lynch banged upon the defendant’s door, at one point…