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People v. Figueroa

155 A.D.2d 615 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1989-11-20 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Angelina Figueroa, Appellant.

— 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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