People v. Nurse

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), rendered December 23, 1996, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the People disproved his justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt. It is well established that justification is not a defense to the use of deadly physical force unless the actor reasonably believes that another person is about to use deadly physical force against him or her and he or she is unable to…