People v. Storms

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bárbaro, J.), rendered March 7, 2002, convicting him of burglary in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Upon viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant, the trial court must instruct the jury on a claimed defense if it is supported by a reasonable view of the evidence (see People v Butts, 72 NY2d 746, 750 [1988]; People v Collins, 290 AD2d 457 [2002]). Here, the evidence…