People v. Almeida

Appeal from a judgment of the Onondaga County Court (Joseph E. Fahey, J.), rendered November 3, 2011. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]). We reject defendant’s contention that the People’s failure to introduce the exculpatory portions of defendant’s statement to the police and to charge the grand jury with the defense of…