People v. Rosas

*495OPINION OF THE COURT

Ciparick, J.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of first degree murder under Penal Law § 125.27 (1) (a) (viii) for causing the deaths of two individuals during the same criminal transaction. The issue presented by this appeal is whether the resulting sentences imposed must run concurrently or consecutively to one another under Penal Law § 70.25 (2). We conclude, under the principles stated in People v Laureano (87 NY2d 640 [1996]), that the sentences must be served concurrently.

In the early morning hours of March 30, 1997, defendant broke into the apartment of his former…