Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the People failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because his intoxication rendered him incapable of forming the requisite criminal intent (see Penal Law § 15.25). An intoxicated person can form the requisite criminal intent to commit a crime, and it is for the trier of fact to decide if the extent of the intoxication acted to negate the element of intent (see People v Taylor...
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