People v. Murnane

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (West, J.), rendered August 14, 1987, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the indictment is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Westchester County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50.

The defendant was convicted of murdering Marjorie Myers Lodes on October 25, 1986. On appeal, he argues that the proof of guilt adduced at trial, which consisted…