Opinion
May 9, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenberg, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the evidence is legally insufficient to prove him guilty of the charge of burglary in the second degree because, among other things, the nursing home in which he was found was open to the public. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt 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 (CPL 470.15). The question of whether a building is "open to the public" is ordinarily to be resolved by the trier-of-fact (see, People v. Eady, 151 A.D.2d 981; People v Hirniak, 118 A.D.2d 729, 730). Here the evidence overwhelmingly supports the jury's conclusion that the area in which the defendant was discovered was not open to the public.
The element of "physical injury" necessary to establish the charges of burglary in the second degree (see, Penal Law § 140.25 [b]), assault in the second degree (see, Penal Law § 120.05), and assault in the third degree (see, Penal Law § 120.00) was sufficiently demonstrated by the substantial pain suffered by the supervising nurse who was attacked by the defendant (see, Penal Law § 10.00). That the nurse's pain was substantial was evidenced by her testimony as to its duration over several months (see, People v. McNair, 147 A.D.2d 593, 594; People v. Rivera, 183 A.D.2d 792; People v. Hope, 128 A.D.2d 638, 639). Bracken, J.P., O'Brien, Santucci and Joy, JJ., concur.