People v. Millington

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert H. Straus, J.), rendered April 2, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of life without parole, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s instruction concerning the effect of intoxication on liability tracked the statute and correctly stated the law (see Penal Law § 15.25). There was nothing defective about the manner in which the court organized its charge (see People v Coonan, 48 NY2d 772 [1979]).

The court properly denied defendant’s request to reinstruct the deliberating jury on…