People v. Richardson

In this bizarre situation, defendant was *463indicted and charged with the crimes of felony-murder (with escape serving as the predicate felony); manslaughter in the second degree; attempted murder; escape in the second degree; reckless endangerment in the second degree; possession of a weapon as a felony; and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree. After a jury trial, he was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree (Penal Law, § 125.15, subd 1) for recklessly causing the death of another, possession of a weapon as a felony, and criminal possession of stolen property in…