People v. Adams

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Phylis Skloot Bamberger, J.), rendered May 9, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Even when examined in a light most favorable to defendant, there was no reasonable view of the evidence, including the evidence presented by defendant in his offer of proof, that defendant used deadly physical force in defense of his nephew, who was inside an apartment, far from the street where the deadly altercation occurred. Therefore, the court properly…