Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1986

People v. Young

People v. Young
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 19, 1986
120 A.D.2d 693; 502 N.Y.S.2d 414; 1986 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 56816
People v. Young

Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered August 23, 1982, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal use of a firearm in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

*694We reject the defendant’s claim that his guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt. The People disproved his justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Steele, 26 NY2d 526). Weinstein, J. P., Lawrence, Kunzeman and Kooper, JJ., concur.

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