Opinion
February 14, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Friedmann, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction of assault in the third degree, vacating the sentence imposed thereon and dismissing that count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The complainant's testimony that she was in a great deal of pain because the defendant punched her in the stomach, absent any indication of the duration of the pain, in conjunction with the medical resident's testimony that the complainant's abdomen was tender, was insufficient to establish that the complainant sustained physical injury which is an element of assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00) (see, Matter of Phillip A., 49 N.Y.2d 198, 200; People v Reed, 83 A.D.2d 566; Matter of Derrick M., 63 A.D.2d 932). Therefore, the conviction of assault in the third degree must be reversed.
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find that they are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Thompson, J.P., Rubin, Spatt and Balletta, JJ., concur.