Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence adduced at trial established that the defendant stabbed the unarmed decedent a total of 16 times and fractured his arm, in a dispute over a wager. According to one witness's account, after the attack the defendant stated "[t]he guy robbed me and I stabbed him."
The defendant's contention that the People failed to offer legally sufficient evidence disproving the defense of justification beyond a reasonable...
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