People v. Street

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cohen, J.), rendered February 3, 1988, convicting him of manslaughter 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 People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), we find that the People disproved the defense of justification beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Reed, 40 NY2d 204). At trial, the defendant contended that the victim had attacked him by hitting him in the head with a hammer. However, the…