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People v Pryce

People v Pryce 2016 NY Slip Op 06791 Decided on October 18, 2016 Appellate Division, First
Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on October 18, 2016

Friedman, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Feinman, Kahn, JJ.
1269/13

[*1]1947 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

Alain Pryce, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Anita Aboagye-Agyeman of Counsel), for
appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Natalia Bedoya McGinn of counsel), for
respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered August 27, 2013,

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convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term
of nine months, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the
evidence (see e.g. People v Danielson , 9 NY2d 342, 349 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing
the jury's credibility determinations. The evidence supports the inference that when defendant
kicked the victim, he did so with the intent, at least in part, to cause physical injury. The evidence
also established that the victim sustained physical injury, resulting in bruising and swelling. The
fact that she treated her injury with Tylenol and a warm compress

rather than seeking medical attention does not warrant a different conclusion (see People v Guidice
, 83 NY2d 630, 636 [1994]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: OCTOBER 18, 2016

CLERK

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