People v. Mazzaferro

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [2]). In June 1983, he assaulted and sexually abused a prostitute. He left her naked and semiconscious in a garbage dumpster containing a black tarry substance on an isolated dirt road. Her badly decomposed body was discovered two months later. On appeal, defendant contends that the People failed to establish his guilt by sufficient evidence. We disagree. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People, we find sufficient proof that defendant’s reckless conduct…