MEMORANDUM.
The order of County Court should be affirmed.
We agree that the Trial Judge did not err in refusing to charge the defense of justification pursuant to Penal Law § 35.05 (1). That statute provides in part that conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when "[s]uch conduct is required or authorized by law or by a judicial decree". Defendant's belief that his conduct was authorized does not warrant submission of a justification charge to the jury (compare, Model Penal Code § 3.03 [3] [a]).
We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.
Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.
Order affirmed in a memorandum.