People v. Bess

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dwyer, J.), rendered May 22, 2013, convicting him of murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In the early morning hours of September 7, 2011, the defendant assaulted two people in their Brooklyn apartment, stabbing them multiple times in the head and neck. One sustained fatal injuries, the other sustained life-threatening injuries. The defendant also allegedly rifled through the pockets of one of the victim’s shorts,…