People v. Walker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered April 28, 1999, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of depraved indifference murder beyond a reasonable doubt, either as a principal or under an acting in concert theory (see, People v Brathwaite, 63 NY2d 839; People v…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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- People v. RegisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. BrathwaiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. SamuelsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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