PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 30 SSM 29.

36 N.Y.3d 1033 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 00899

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DANIELLE ALLEN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myers Buth Law Group PLLC, Orchard Park ( Cheryl Myers Bluth of counsel), and Joel L. Daniels , Buffalo, for appellant.

Gregory J. McCaffrey , District Attorney, Geneseo ( Joshua J. Tonra of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant raised a defense of justification and the People consequently had the burden of demonstrating "beyond a reasonable doubt that ... defendant's conduct was not justified" (People v Umali, 10 N.Y.3d 417, 425 [2008], rearg denied 11 N.Y.3d 744 [2008], cert denied

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