People v. Herring

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.), rendered April 8, 1999, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, after claiming self defense at trial, was acquitted of assault in the first degree. However, he was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. The defendant’s claim concerning the defense of justification is unpreserved for appellate review. In any event, contrary to the defendant’s…