People v. Snow

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), rendered March 30, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 23 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. Defendant was properly convicted of depraved indifference murder, since there was ample basis for the jury to conclude that defendant acted recklessly, rather than intentionally (see, People v Tankleff, 199 AD2d 550, 554, affd 84 NY2d 992).

The record supports the hearing court’s finding that defendant’s…