Legal Opinion

People v. McCollough

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 18, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), rendered December 13, 1990, convicting him of murder in the second degree and burglary in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of the burglaries of two apart*486ments in the same building. During the course of one of the burglaries, he beat and strangled an 83-year-old woman to death.

Applying the standard of review for convictions based on circumstantial evidence, the evidence is legally sufficient to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. People v. KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. People v. BenzingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974

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