People v. Brown

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that the People’s proof was legally insufficient to sustain his conviction of felony murder because it failed to establish that his conduct caused the death of Karin Strand. He asserts that the victim’s death was the result of the hospital’s malpractice, rather than the knife wounds she received during his assault. We disagree. Viewing the evidence, as we must, in the light most favorable to the People, we conclude that a rational jury could have found that defendant’s assault was a contributing cause of the fatality (see, Matter…