People v. Peters
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [3] [felony murder]). The evidence, viewed in the *1508light most favorable to the People (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), is legally sufficient to support the conviction (see People v Roberts, 64 AD3d 796, 797 [2009]; see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Further, “inasmuch as our independent review of the evidence reveals that a different verdict would have been unreasonable,” we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight…
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