Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Johnny Chatman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-04-30
Citations: 6 A.D.3d 1129
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Johnny Chatman, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 1129–1129

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Johnny Chatman, Appellant.
[775 NYS2d 671]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Joseph P. McCarthy, J.), rendered February 14, 2002. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of assault in the second degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [2]). Defendant contends that reversal is required because the evidence is legally insufficient to establish the requisite element of physical injury. Defendant raised that contention for the first time when he moved to set aside the verdict pursuant to CPL 330.30 and thus has failed to preserve that contention for our review (see People v Padro, 75 NY2d 820 [1990], rearg denied 75 NY2d 1005 [1990], rearg dismissed 81 NY2d 989 [1993]; People v Rocker, 5 AD3d 1106 [2004]). In any event, that contention is without merit. We reject defendant's further contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Present—Wisner, J.P, Hurlbutt, Scudder, Kehoe and Gorski, JJ.