People v. Barboni

OPINION OF THE COURT

Pigott, J.

On this appeal, we are called upon to address the impact of this Court’s recent jurisprudence concerning depraved indifference to human life, where defendant is accused of repeatedly striking a victim less than 11 years old and failing to summon medical assistance before the child dies. In this case we hold that there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of depraved indifference murder as well as first-degree manslaughter. We also conclude that County Court committed no reversible error and that defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel was not…