Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the defendant's conviction of attempted assault in the second degree and the sentence imposed thereon; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
As the defendant correctly argues, and the People concede, a defendant cannot be convicted of attempted assault in the second degree under Penal Law § 120.05 (3) because it is "a legal impossibility" (People v Campbell,
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