People v. Watson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Ain, J.), rendered March 1, 1985, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, his conviction of depraved mind murder (Penal Law § 125.25 [2]) was predicated *404upon legally sufficient evidence. The evidence adduced at the trial, viewed in a light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), established that to settle a previous dispute, the defendant armed himself with two long…
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