People v. Register

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Late on a Friday evening in January, 1977, the defendant fired three shots in a crowded barroom, killing Marvin Lindsay and seriously injuring two other patrons. A jury found the defendant guilty of one count of murder in the second degree for recklessly causing death under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, and two counts of assault in the first degree. From the evidence submitted at the trial, the jury could have inferred that the defendant was intoxicated at the time of the shootings. Two points raised by defendant on…