People v. Baity

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas B. Galligan, J., at Wade hearing and jury trial), rendered November 2, 1989, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree and attempted robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment of from 15 years to life and from 2 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Evidence adduced at trial was that in the early morning hours of July 16, 1988, the 25-year-old male victim was accosted on a Manhattan street by a group of approximately 12 young men, including defendant and his co-defendant, Vernon…