People v. Washington

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Caesar Cirigliano, J.), rendered April 28, 2004, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of conspiracy in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The evidence established that defendant and his coconspirators entered into an agreement to kill defendant’s rival for a specific price, with the killing to take place after certain contingencies had occurred. Defendant expected…