People v. De Felice

The defendant, Peter De Felice, has been convicted of the crime of destroying evidence, in violation of section 812 of the Penal Law.

For the purpose of our decision it will be unnecessary to make any detailed or extended comment on the evidence as the material facts are. not in serious dispute. The alleged crime for which the defendant was convicted arose in connection with the death of Donald Heywood in a hunting accident. The body was found in the woods, with a shotgun wound which was the cause of death. During the investigation which followed, several other hunters, including the…