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People v. Vasquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 19, 2006
25 A.D.3d 465 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

7630.

January 19, 2006.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Philip M. Grella, J.), rendered April 15, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Laura R. Johnson, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Steven R. Berko of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Nicholas H. Penfold of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Gonzalez and Catterson, JJ., concur.


The court properly declined to submit assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05) as a lesser included offense of assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10). The evidence established that defendant heated a pan of oil on a stove and deliberately threw it in the victim's face, causing protracted disfigurement. There was no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed most favorably to defendant, that he only caused, or only intended to cause, nonserious physical injury ( see e.g. People v. Franco, 271 AD2d 383, lv denied 95 NY2d 865).


Summaries of

People v. Vasquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 19, 2006
25 A.D.3d 465 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

People v. Vasquez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUAN VASQUEZ, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 19, 2006

Citations

25 A.D.3d 465 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 321
810 N.Y.S.2d 124

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