PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON

Nos. 7827, 6242/08.

95 A.D.3d 791 (2012)

945 N.Y.S.2d 302

2012 NY Slip Op 4233

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DEWAYNE RICHARDSON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 31, 2012.


The court properly determined that there was no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to defendant, to support the submission of a charge on the justification defense (see People v Reynoso, 73 N.Y.2d 816 [1988]; People v Watts, 57 N.Y.2d 299 [1982]). Defendant was observed repeatedly stomping the victim's head and chest with his heavy boots,

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