People v. Bacote

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lagaña, J.), rendered June 7, 1983, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Legally sufficient evidence was presented which, when viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, would allow a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the essential elements of the crime with which he was charged (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621).

The defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to…