People v. Maher

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Orenstein, J.), rendered February 15, 1996, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree (two counts), assault in the first degree (two counts), assault in the second degree, and robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The jury’s rejection of the defense that the defendant was not responsible for his acts by reason of mental defect or disease was not against the weight of the evidence. A jury is free to accept or reject, in whole or in…