People v. Johnson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bárbaro, J.), rendered October 4, 2002, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of shooting the complainant. The complainant, who testified for the prosecution at trial, was a habitual drug user and, at the time of the incident, was being treated with medication for schizophrenia. The People presented expert testimony indicating, however,…