Opinion
March 17, 1986
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Di Tucci, J.).
Judgment affirmed.
At the trial, the complainant testified that the defendant grabbed her from behind by putting his arms around her neck. In so doing, he "bust[ed]" her lip and knocked a tooth out of her dental bridge, causing bleeding and pain. Under these circumstances, we find that the People established the requisite physical injury necessary to support a conviction of robbery in the second degree and, therefore, that crime was properly submitted to the jury (see, People v. Chesebro, 94 A.D.2d 897).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Mangano, J.P., Gibbons, Lawrence and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.