People v. Degraffenreid

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered January 12, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 18 years, affirmed. Order (same court and Justice), entered August 18, 2014, which denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion to vacate the judgment, affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348 [2007]). The evidence showed that defendant joined with two other men to savagely attack the victim, who ultimately died. Defendant, after throwing…