People v. Gonzalez

—The defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rooney, J.), rendered May 31, 2000, convicting him of murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree (two counts), assault in the second degree (two counts), and reckless endangerment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant drove approximately 65 miles per hour, more than twice the speed limit, through a red light and collided with another automobile killing one of its passengers and seriously injuring two others. It was bright…