People v. Cook

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him following a bench trial of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]) and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of incarceration of 20 years to life.

*916We reject defendant’s contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence on the issue of justification (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Given the uncontroverted evidence that the victim was unarmed (see, People v Henry, 244 AD2d 424, 425, lv denied 91 NY2d 874), County Court was entitled to reject the claim of…