People v. Bruno
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chun, J.), rendered October 29, 2008, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the testimony regarding his membership in a particular gang and an incident that occurred one week prior to the subject stabbing was relevant to the issue of the defendant’s motive and to his claim of justification, and explained the relationship between the parties (see People v Kims, 24 NY3d 422 [2014];…
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