People v. Martinez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Fisch, J.), rendered December 17, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Not only was there overwhelming evidence that defendant acted in concert with the codefendant to cause the victim’s death, but even when viewed in the light most favorable to the defense, there was no reasonable view of the evidence that defendant acted independently…