People v. Handel

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Berry, J.), rendered July 3, 2012, convicting him of murder in the second degree and tampering with physical evidence (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

CPL 20.20 (2) (a), which relates to the geographical jurisdiction of New York State, contains a presumption in certain homicide cases that the death of the victim occurred in New York State when “the victim’s body or a part thereof” was found here. On this appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court…