People v. Sika
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with memorandum, and defendant remanded to Supreme Court, Onondaga County, for resentencing. Memorandum: Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree in that "[u]nder circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, [s]he recklessly engagefd] in conduct which create[d] a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby cause[d] the death of another person” (Penal Law § 125.25 [2]). We find the evidence legally insufficient to support a conviction of depraved…
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