People v. Urbaniak

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Honorof, J.), rendered October 28, 2008, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, assault in the first degree (two counts), and unlawful possession of marijuana, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s request to charge the jury with the defense of justification. Viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant (see People v Padgett, 60 NY2d 142, 144 [1983]; People v Steele, 26 NY2d 526,…