People v. Geddes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, *1256upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]), defendant contends that the conviction is not supported by legally sufficient evidence of his intent to kill. We reject that contention (see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). It is well settled that, “[although intent to kill may not be inferred from the mere fact of killing, it may be inferred from conduct as well as the surrounding circumstances” (People v Henning, 267 AD2d 1092, 1092 [1999], lv denied 94 NY2d 903 [2000]; see People v…
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