People v. Lucchese
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, Queens County (O’Dwyer, J.), rendered January 2, 1986, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that his guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt because the People did not prove *700that he acted "[u]nder circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life” or that he acted "recklessly” (see, Penal Law § 120.10 [3]).
Depraved indifference to human life refers to the wantonness of a defendant’s conduct and…
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