People v. Hudyih

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), rendered August 1, 2006, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Where a defendant charged with an attempted homicide relies on a defense of justification, evidence of a victim’s prior acts of violence, of which the defendant had knowledge, are admissible provided that the acts were reasonably related to the crime with which the defendant was…