The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The eyewitness testimony, coupled with the extensive ballistic evidence, warranted the conclusion that, even if one or more persons other than defendant fired shots during the incident in question, it was defendant who fired the shots that injured the victims.
The court's justification charge, viewed as a whole (see People v Fields,
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