People v. Croom

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered July 16, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was properly convicted of murder in the second degree, since he failed to establish his extreme emotional disturbance defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Defendant’s statement established that he acted out of anger, embarrassment and hurt because of the victim’s having insulted and rejected him, and at the thought of her being with another…