People v. Mejia

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered May 31, 1984, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Shortly after the defendant’s girlfriend and her daughter were killed by single gunshots to the head, the defendant gave several statements. He admitted that the fatal shots were fired from his pistol. However, he maintained that the girlfriend was accidentally shot during a struggle for the gun, with…