People v. Artis

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J.), rendered March 7, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 10 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence disproved defendant’s justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94 [1903]). The credible evidence established that the victim did not produce a…