People v. Santana

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Blumenfeld, J.), rendered August 8, 2013, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to disprove the defense of justification beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Bolling, 7 NY3d 874 [2006]; People v Stoney, 72 AD3d 708 [2010]; People v Barreto, 70 AD3d 574 [2010]; People v Spells,…