People v. Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hellenbrand, J.), rendered October 10, 1985, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
In the early morning hours of June 12, 1983, the defendant and a companion approached Bernard Smith on the steps of an abandoned building in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn out of which a "smoke shop” was operated and asked to buy a half ounce of marihuana. Smith knew the…
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