Legal Opinion
People v. Berzups
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1980PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
During a holdup at a drugstore in West Hempstead, Long Island, an elderly pharmacist, then on duty alone, was brutally attacked and killed. It is not disputed that the appellant, Harry Berzups, and his codefendant, Michael Massurin, acted in concert to commit the robbery of which the other crimes were the denouement. Tried together, they were each convicted of felony murder (Penal Law, § 125.25, subd 3), intentional murder (Penal Law, § 125.25, subd 1), robbery in the first degree (Penal Law, § 160.15), petit larceny (Penal Law, § 155.25), and possession of a…
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