People v. Flowers

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flaherty, J.), rendered February 8, 1999, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of depraved indifference murder beyond a reasonable doubt. The People adduced evidence that the defendant acted…