People v. Seals
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 (Firetog, J.), rendered November 13, 2008, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to disprove the defendant’s justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt (see Penal Law § 35.15; People v Acquista, 41 AD3d 491,…
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- People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
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