People v. Cosby
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, Queens County (Friedmann, J.), rendered January 28, 1992, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and tampering with physical evidence, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant initially contends that the People failed to disprove his defense of justification (Penal Law § 35.15) beyond a reasonable doubt. We disagree.
In written and videotaped confessions made to the police, the defendant, who rented a room in the…
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