People v. Cowans

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Bernstein, J.), rendered May 8, 1992, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (People v Wong, 81 NY2d 600, 608), a rational trier of fact could have found the elements of the offense to have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. There was sufficient circumstantial evidence to support the verdict that the defendant’s intent to rob the victim preceded, or was contemporaneous with,…