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People v. Echevarria

105 A.D.2d 753 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1984-11-13 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Hugo Echevarria, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.), rendered August 18, 1983, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The facts of this case support the finding that defendant intended to cause serious physical injury (assault in the first degree, Penal Law, § 120.10, subd 1). There is no reasonable view of the evidence which would have supported a finding that defendant intended to cause only physical injury within the definition of assault in the second degree (Penal Law, § 120.05, subd 2) as opposed to serious physical injury. Accordingly, the trial court’s refusal to charge second degree assault was not error (see People v Blim, 63 NY2d 718 ; People v Kinnard, 98 AD2d 845 , affd 62 NY2d 910 ; People v Scarborough, 49 NY2d 364 , 372-373).

We find no merit to defendant’s other contentions. Mangano, J. P., Gibbons, O’Connor and Lawrence, JJ., concur.

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