People v. Coleman

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered November 30, 1990, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The question of whether a verdict is inconsistent or repugnant is to be determined by reviewing the elements of the crimes as charged by the trial court to determine whether the jury’s findings on those counts can be reconciled (see, People v Loughlin, 76 NY2d 804; People v Tucker, 55 NY2d 1). In this case, the defendant’s conviction of murder in the…