Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2006

People v. Council

People v. Council
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 14, 2006
35 A.D.3d 261; 824 N.Y.S.2d 711
People v. Council

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Phylis Skloot Bamberger, J.), rendered February 4, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and seven years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

*262The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. The evidence disproved defendant’s justification defense beyond a reasonable doubt.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur— Andrias, J.E, Saxe, Marlow, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.

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