Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jamaill Spencer, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-12-08
Citations: 2 A.D.3d 545
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jamaill Spencer, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 545–545

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jamaill Spencer, Appellant.
[767 NYS2d 878]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bárbaro, J), rendered June 21, 2001, 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 in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to disprove the defendant's defense of justification 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]). S. Miller, J.P., Goldstein, Adams and Crane, JJ., concur.