The defendant, charged with assault in the second degree (Penal Law, § 242, subds. 3, 4), was convicted of third degree assault (Penal Law, § 244, subd. 1), following the court's instruction to the jury that it might return such a verdict. Relying on the principle stated in People v. Mussenden (
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