People v. Heck

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (M. William Boiler, A.J.), rendered March 25, 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]) for having intentionally caused his mother’s death at their home in the Town of Tonawanda, contending that reversal is required for a number of reasons. We first address defendant’s…