People v. Russell

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Berke, J.), rendered October 20, 2005, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

After this Court reversed defendant’s earlier convictions and remitted the matter for a new jury trial (16 AD3d 776 [2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 809 [2005]), defendant was again convicted of the crimes of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, prompting this appeal. Among defendant’s challenges to the conduct of his…