People v. Leach
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtRabin, J.
This is an appeal by the People from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, as, following the rendition of a jury verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder, granted, nunc pro tunc to the close of the trial evidence, a defense motion for a trial order of dismissal pursuant to CPL 290.10 on the basis of an alleged insufficiency in the circumstantial evidence of guilt. We believe that the order must be reversed, the verdict reinstated and the case remanded for the imposition of sentence.
THE FACTS
On the morning of April 14, 1973, at or about 10:40 A.M., the body of one…
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