People v. La Bruna
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Moule, J. P.
The principal issue on this appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree is whether the evidence offered at trial, circumstantial in nature, was sufficient to establish defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant was found guilty of aiding Gino Albini in the intentional murder of a 21-year-old Buffalo woman.
In November 1969 the victim was with Albini, defendant and others at the Ivanhoe Restaurant in Buffalo when a fight occurred during which Albini fatally injured another man. The victim witnessed the fight and was thereafter sought for…
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