PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ


173 A.D.2d 382 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Victor Hernandez, Appellant, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 28, 1991


Defendant and two others were convicted of assault for an attack on a fellow inmate at Rikers Island, during which the victim was stabbed and suffered a collapsed lung. Defendant now challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, contending that, for various reasons, each of the People's witnesses lacked credibility.

Contrary to defendant's argument, we find that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People (People v Contes,

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