People v. Pellechia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pincus, J.), rendered March 14, 1984, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
*705The defendant contends that the circumstantial evidence adduced by the prosecution at trial was insufficient to support the verdict of guilt. We disagree. It is well established that where a conviction is based solely on circumstantial evidence, in order for guilt to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the hypothesis of guilt should flow naturally…
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