Opinion
February 6, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution and giving it the benefit of every reasonable inference (People v. Malizia, 62 N.Y.2d 755, cert denied 469 U.S. 932), the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to support the verdict finding defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted. Nor, in our view, was the verdict against the weight of the evidence (People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490).
As to defendant's complicity in the use of the dangerous weapon, the trial evidence showed that as the complainant was being pummeled by defendant and two others in an unprovoked assault, defendant yelled, "go get ____", the last word of which the complainant could not make out, and then, "you're dead." One of defendant's companions then left and, when he returned, the complainant felt the blows of a heavy object he could not identify. This sufficed to establish that defendant acted in concert in that he intended the use of a dangerous instrument, and requested that his accomplices fetch a weapon.
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Ellerin, Kupferman and Kassal, JJ.