People v. Jones

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kooper, J.), rendered March 28, 1985, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of manslaughter in the second degree (recklessly causes death, Penal Law § 125.15 [1]). Moreover, upon the exercise of…