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THE EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL INJURY WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT; ASSAULT SECOND CONVICTION REDUCED TO ATTEMPTED ASSAULT SECOND (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reducing defendant’s assault second conviction to attempted assault second, determined the proof o physical injury was not legally sufficient:

… [T]he evidence is legally insufficient to establish that he caused physical injury to the victim by means of a dangerous instrument and thus that the conviction of assault in the second degree is not supported by legally sufficient evidence … . The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People … , establishes that defendant attempted to stab the victim and the two struggled over the knife; however, the victim suffered no more than minor cuts to her hands that did not require bandaging and caused only transient pain … . … [T]he evidence is legally sufficient to establish defendant’s guilt of the lesser included offense of attempted assault in the second degree … . People v Lopez-Sarmiento,2022 NY Slip Op 04493, Fourth Dept 7-8-22

Practice Point: Here the evidence the victim suffered “physical injury” as defined in the Penal Law was deemed legally insufficient. The assault second conviction was reduced to attempted assault second.

 

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