People v. Mojica

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), rendered October 23, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 20 years to life and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s justification charge, when read as a whole, was both legally correct and applicable to the facts, and could not have caused any prejudice to defendant. Defendant, who shot the deceased several times in the head and abdomen, based his justification defense on…