People v. Bufkin

We concur with the Chief Judge in affirming the conviction of defendant Bufkin. As we read the record there was testimony adduced together with the reasonable inferences therefrom which would have sustained a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree1 as to defendant Bufkin. That the jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree2 affords no basis for reversing his conviction. The verdict was a permissible one under the charge of the court as given. The charge stated one version of the applicable law that has been approved by our Supreme Court, namely that under a charge of…