Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Patterson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-03-10
Citations: 118 A.D.2d 665
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Patterson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 665–666

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Patterson, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Reilly, J.), rendered June 14, 1982, convicting him of assault in the first degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, as we are required to do (see, e.g., People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, 757, cert denied 469 US 932), we find that the evidence establishes that the defendant intended to cause serious physical injury to his victim when he stabbed him in the head with a knife. Therefore, his conviction for assault in the first degree should stand (see, Penal Law § 120.10). Gibbons, J. P., Bracken, Weinstein and Niehoff, JJ., concur.