People v. Acquaah

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James J. Leff, J., at suppression hearing, plea and sentence), rendered November 12, 1987, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree and sentencing her to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

On March 25, 1986, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Martin Acquaah reported his nine-year-old daughter Bertha missing. The police questioned Mr. Acquaah and defendant, Bertha’s stepmother, at their apartment at 5 Broadway Terrace concerning Bertha’s possible whereabouts. Since, as the officers later learned,…