People v. Bernas

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Ingraham, J.), rendered October 2, 1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree and burglary in the first degree. Defendant and one Steven Parker were charged in an indictment with the above crimes resulting from a forcible entry into and theft from the home of Beatrice Holecek, and her concomitant death from a homicide. Both Parker and defendant were convicted after separate trials on all three charges (see People v Parker, 90 AD2d 565, affd 60 NY2d 714). On…