People v. Johnson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Ayres, J.), rendered July 27, 2007, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*639Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant argues that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the defense of justification. However, contrary to his contention, the justification defense does not apply to the charges of either attempted robbery in the first degree (see People v Ware, 36 AD3d 838, 839…