Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elliot Cook, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-04-18
Citations: 203 A.D.2d 476
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elliot Cook, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 476–476

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elliot Cook, Appellant.
[610 NYS2d 865]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldberg, J.), rendered October 1, 1992, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the identity of the perpetrator was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. In support thereof, the defendant relies upon the divergence between the complainant's description of the assailant and the defendant's actual physical characteristics. However, we find that, viewing the evidence adduced at the trial in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), the defendant's guilt of assault in the second degree was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]). Lawrence, J. P., O'Brien, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.