People v. Nauheimer

Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Victoria M. Argento, J.), rendered November 8, 2012. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of manslaughter in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]), defendant contends that he was deprived of *761effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to recognize and pursue a justification defense at trial pursuant to Penal Law §…