People v. Florival

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), rendered November 25, 1996, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*500Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), the record established that the defense of justification was disproved beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Desmond, 125 AD2d 585). Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the…