People v. Smith

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold J. Rothwax, J.), rendered June 6, 1990, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 25 years to life and 8 Vs to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

In view of the overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt, we need not reach whether the trial court appropriately exercised its discretion in admitting testimony of defendant’s attempt to commit suicide, within hours of his arrest, as competent circumstantial evidence of consciousness of…