PEOPLE v. LEGALL

2018-14612. Ind. No. 10480/16.

198 A.D.3d 816 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 613

2021 NY Slip Op 05589

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Shawayne Legall, Appellant.

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

Decided October 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Pazner , New York, NY ( Michael Arthus of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove and Ruth E. Ross of counsel), for respondent.

Rivera, J.P., Austin, Connolly and Ford, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of assault in the first degree, arising out of a knife-point attack by him and an unapprehended accomplice that took place in the middle of the street. The defendant appeals.

The trial court properly denied the defendant's request for a charge on the justification defense with respect to the charge of assault in the first degree, since no reasonable view of the evidence supported...

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