People v. Praylor
| Decision Date | 15 November 1995 |
| Citation | 634 N.Y.S.2d 15,221 A.D.2d 944 |
| Parties | PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Terry L. PRAYLOR, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Edward J. Nowak, Rochester, for Appellant.
Howard R. Relin, Rochester, for Respondent.
Before DENMAN, P.J., and LAWTON, WESLEY, DOERR and BALIO, JJ.
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a nonjury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree. His contention that the verdict rejecting his justification defense is contrary to the weight of the evidence lacks merit (see, People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495, 515 N.Y.S.2d 761, 508 N.E.2d 672). Evidence that the victim sustained numerous stab wounds, that defendant left the scene of the crime without reporting the incident to police, that defendant failed to retreat from the victim's apartment, and that defendant was unable to explain how the victim was stabbed through the hand if she was, as claimed by defendant, holding a hammer, all support the court's rejection of the justification defense (see, People v. Van Allen, 216 A.D.2d 39, 627 N.Y.S.2d 664; People v. Longo, 182 A.D.2d 1019, 582 N.Y.S.2d 832, lv. denied 80 N.Y.2d 906, 588 N.Y.S.2d 831, 602 N.E.2d 239; People v. Martinez, 144 A.D.2d 699, 535 N.Y.S.2d 3, lv. denied 73 N.Y.2d 923, 539 N.Y.S.2d 308, 536 N.E.2d 637). We also reject the contention of defendant that, as a resident of the apartment, he had no duty to retreat. Although defendant had stayed in the apartment of the victim for a few days before the incident, he was there as her guest; the apartment was not his (see, People v. Van Allen, supra ).
Judgment unanimously affirmed.
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