People v. Cheng
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 Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered July 12, 1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish that the defendant shared a "community of purpose” with the shooter, so as to be held responsible for the acts of the principal (see, People v Armistead, 178 AD2d 607; People v McClary, 138 AD2d…
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