People v. Thomas

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thorp, J.), rendered March 17, 1987, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A review of the entire charge establishes that the court properly instructed the jury on the defense of justification (see, People v Canty, 60 NY2d 830; People v Yanik, 43 NY2d 97). Further, the court did not unduly restrict the questioning of witnesses with respect to prison conditions which could…