People v. Morton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Mikoll, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered July 12, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree.
On March 16, 1981, at about 10:50 p.m., defendant allegedly went to the City of Albany home of his estranged wife, Diane Morton, and shot her after the two began to argue. Tony B. Morton, Diane’s son, and his girlfriend were present in the house. Tony testified that he saw defendant draw a gun from the waist of his pants and shoot Diane.
Defendant was arrested about 10 minutes after the incident in a bar…
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