People v. Espinal

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J., at suppression and CPL article 730 hearings; Ruth Pickholz, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered June 16, 2010, convicting defendant, after a trial, of murder in the second degree, attempted murder in the second degree (four counts), assault in the first degree (two counts) and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 105 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in temporarily deferring defense counsel’s request for a fifth CPL article 730 examination of defendant…