People v. Fiorino

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Lynch, J.), rendered July 2, 2014, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree.

During the early morning hours of June 27, 2013, the victim *1377was attacked and robbed as she was walking home from a party-on South Pearl Street in the City of Albany. After the victim, who was choked during the attack, regained consciousness, she took a taxi home and, later that morning, reported the incident to the Albany Police Department. The police successfully tracked the victim’s cell phone, which was stolen…