People v. Brye

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered January 3, 1989, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a juvenile offender, to a term of 5 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the court failed to sufficiently explain the defense of justification is unpreserved as defendant did not move to withdraw his plea (People v Morillo, 221 AD2d 274). In any event, the claim is without merit. The court repeatedly questioned defendant concerning the events leading up to the homicide and elicited from…