People v. Frye

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berk-man, J.), rendered April 7, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree (five counts), assault in the first degree (five counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly admitted an incriminating letter, since there was adequate circumstantial proof that defendant was the source of the letter (see People v Hamilton, 3 AD3d 405 [2004], mod on other grounds 4 NY3d 654 [2005]). The contents…