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Article: Conviction of David Wells Attacker Upheld
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- November 23, 2005
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SAMUEL MAULL, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-23-2005
Dateline: NEW YORK
A Manhattan appeals court upheld the misdemeanor assault conviction of a Yonkers man who punched pitcher David Wells to the floor of an Upper East Side diner, knocking out two of the lefty's teeth.
The state Supreme Court's Appellate Term rejected a motion by 30-year-old Rocco Graziosa to throw out the third-degree assault conviction on the ground that the evidence used by the prosecution was not legally sufficient to convict him.
Graziosa's lawyer, Henry Mazurek, said he thought "the decision was wrongly decided and we will appeal."
Wells, now with the Red Sox, was with the Yankees at the time of the altercation.
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