People v. Coppedge

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert J. Adlerberg, J.), rendered June 27, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of felony murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of imprisonment of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Two indictments charging defendant with separate shootings several weeks apart were joined pursuant to CPL 200.20 (2) (c) on the ground that they involved the same or similar statutory provisions. Defendant argues that the indictments should not have been joined because of a substantial possibility that the jury…