People v. Figueroa

155 A.D.2d 615
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in People v. Figueroa. Read the opinion of the Court — 143 A.D.2d 767

Opinion

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Colabella, J.), rendered July 2, 1986, Convicting her of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt and to disprove the proffered defense of justification, assuming that defense had been adequately established, beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus, the defendant’s contention that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the trial court’s verdict is without merit. Brown, J. P., Fiber, Harwood and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.

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People v. Figueroa, 155 A.D.2d 615 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1989).

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