People v. Simmons

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Hoye, J.), rendered December 14, 2005, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crime of murder in the second degree.

Crew III, J.

On March 14, 2002, a group of people congregated at an apartment in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, for the purpose of smoking crack cocaine. Jason Battaglia telephoned defendant, a drug dealer known as “Tank,” and ordered $50 worth of cocaine. Defendant went to the apartment building and gave the drugs to Battaglia, who then went into the apartment. When Battaglia failed to…