People v. Murphy

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lombardo, J.), rendered April 5, 1983, convicting him of murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, it is clear that a rational jury could have found that the People had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant’s actions " 'forged a link in the chain of causes which actually brought about the death’ ” of the decedent (see, Matter of Anthony M., 63 NY2d…