People v. Barrett

*552Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperaran, J.), rendered February 21, 2001, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal contempt in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the court erred in failing to charge the jury on the defense of justification (see Penal Law § 35.15 [2] [a]; People v Huntley, 59 NY2d 868 [1983]). This claim is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Smitherman, 297 AD2d 352 [2002]). In any event,…