Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Martin Askerneese, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-04-06
Citations: 93 N.Y.2d 884
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Martin Askerneese, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 884–886

Head Matter:
[710 NE2d 1078, 688 NYS2d 479]
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Martin Askerneese, Appellant.
Decided April 6, 1999
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
David J. Klem, New York City, and Robert S. Dean for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Ellen Sue Handman of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant appeals from a conviction of assault in the first degree, arguing that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to support the predicate "serious physical injury" standard required under Penal Law § 120.10 (1). When viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, however (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), the evidence in this case was suf ficient to allow a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that complainant suffered a "serious physical injury." Thus, legally sufficient evidence supported defendant's conviction of first degree assault.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick, Wesley and Rosenblatt concur.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed in a memorandum.