People v. Rose

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered July 13, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of man*415slaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 8V3 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

The People’s evidence overwhelmingly established that the defendant, who had a secreted gun, and a companion walked up to the victim and his companions, and with no provocation, started a fight with the victim. When the victim, a college student, tried to calm defendant’s companion down, defendant pointed the gun at the victim’s head from only a short distance…