People v. Hawkins

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Kaye.

The issue common to these otherwise unrelated criminal appeals is the preservation for this Court’s review of defendants’ challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence.

People v Hawkins

On November 27, 2002, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Thomas Gallina called 911 and reported that someone with a hammer was breaking into his home. The operator heard Gallina yell for the intruder to leave and to let go, and then could hear only Gallina’s moaning. When the police arrived shortly thereafter, they found Gallina, alone, on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood…