People v. Soriano

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered August 23, 1991, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to a conditional discharge and a $350 fine, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the People (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), the defense of justification was disproven beyond a reasonable doubt, there being legally sufficient evidence to support a finding that defendant was the initial aggressor and that the victim was…