People v. Resnick
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 (Schneier, J.), rendered October 30, 1985, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal, the defendant contends that the People failed to disprove his justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Reyes, 116 AD2d 602, lv denied 67 NY2d 949). We disagree.
The People presented two witnesses who testified that the defendant attacked the decedent, Victor Serrano, with a knife, after Serrano had banged and…
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