People v. Maynard

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered February 4, 1971, convicting defendant, after trial before Davidson, J. and a jury, of manslaughter in the first degree [former Penal Law, § 1Ó50] and sentencing him to imprisonment of not less than 10 nor more than 20 years, affirmed. This is the third trial of this case, the first two having ended respectively in a disagreement and a mistrial. Two eyewitnesses saw the defendant shoot and kill Marine Sergeant Kroll and a third eyewitness, who had been watching Maynard during an earlier confrontation, saw Maynard in immediate flight…