People v. Moore

OPINION OF THE COURT

Simons, J.

Defendant has been convicted of two counts of murder, second degree, and other crimes committed in the course of killing 80-year-old Elizabeth Dougherty. The victim was found near death in her Bronx apartment, bound and gagged under *686a pile of curtains and clothing, and removed to a hospital where she subsequently died as a result of asphyxiation due to smothering. The apartment had been ransacked and was in complete disorder; the refrigerator, drawers and cabinets had been opened and their contents strewn about the apartment. Defendant, who insisted that he had…