People v. Mitchell

Judgment affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from his conviction for murder, second degree. The autopsy of the victim’s body revealed 11 stab wounds on the face, chest, and back, four of which penetrated the aortic arch, liver, and heart. While the charge to the jury that “a person is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his act, and, accordingly, if the consequences are natural and probable, he will not be heard to say that he did not intend them” was error (see Sandstrom v Montana, 442 US 510; People v Harris, 77 AD2d 804; People v Egan, 72 AD2d 239), we find the…