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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronald Hughes, Appellant.
    [612 NYS2d 896]
   —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Thorp, J.), rendered March 13, 1992, convicting him of murder 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.

Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The record establishes that the justification defense was disproved beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Balletta, J. P., Ritter, Copertino and Goldstein, JJ., concur.