People v. Degraffenreidt

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.), rendered March 4, 1994, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, and robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

This case involves the repeated stabbing of an elderly woman in her home and the theft of her car. In its initial charge, the court instructed the jury on five counts, including, inter alia, attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the first degree…