Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Williams, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-06-15
Citations: 262 A.D.2d 138
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nathaniel Williams, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 138–138

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nathaniel Williams, Appellant.
[690 NYS2d 447]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Bernstein, J.), rendered November 7, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant did not preserve his present claim that, under the facts of the case, the court should not have included any reference to the duty to retreat in its justification charge and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the instruction accurately stated the law and could not have caused any prejudice. Concur— Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.