DENNIS, BRANDON, PEOPLE v

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 9 KA 10-00664 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, LINDLEY, AND GORSKI, JJ. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BRANDON DENNIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. MARK D. FUNK, ROCHESTER, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. MICHAEL J. VIOLANTE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOCKPORT (LAURA T. BITTNER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment of the Niagara County Court (Sara S. Sperrazza, J.), rendered May 11, 2009. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second…