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

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kevin Johnson, Appellant.
    [714 NYS2d 682]
   —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (George, J.), rendered January 31, 1996, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the People failed to prove that he did not act in self-defense is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245). In any event, 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 disprove the defendant’s defense and establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Grisby, 232 AD2d 579; People v Cole, 200 AD2d 631). 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 defendant’s remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit. Bracken, J. P., O’Brien, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.