People v. Smikle

Appeal from a judgment of Erie County Court (Drury, J.), entered May 16, 2001, convicting defendant after a jury trial of, inter alia, murder in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]) and other crimes arising from the shooting of four people in Buffalo. We reject defendant’s contention that County Court’s Sandoval ruling constituted an abuse of discretion (see People v…