People v. Amon-Ra
This text of 239 A.D.2d 200 (People v. Amon-Ra) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered April 13, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 31/2 to 7 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
There was ample evidence that the complainant suffered "physical injury” within the meaning of Penal Law § 10.00 (9) (see, People v Rojas, 61 NY2d 726), consisting of an inch-deep stab wound near the kidneys, resulting in, inter alia, overnight hospitalization with the use of a catheter and intravenous fluids to relieve difficult urination.
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur— Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.
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239 A.D.2d 200, 657 N.Y.S.2d 409, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5159, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-amon-ra-nyappdiv-1997.