Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1999

People v. Jackson

People v. Jackson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 22, 1999
266 A.D.2d 475; 698 N.Y.S.2d 887; 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11983
People v. Jackson

Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings *476County (Lipp, J.), rendered September 18, 1997, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, no reasonable view of the evidence supports a justification charge and, thus, the trial court properly declined to give it (see, Penal Law § 35.15 [2]).

Under the circumstances of this case, the defendant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel (see, People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137). Altman, J. P., Florio, H. Miller and Schmidt, JJ., concur.

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