Legal Opinion
People v. Duggins
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 2004PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
We hold that the People adduced legally sufficient evidence that defendant committed first-degree murder by killing multiple victims during the “same criminal transaction” (Penal Law § 125.27 [1] [a] [viii]). In affirming defendant’s conviction, we conclude that the statutory term of art “criminal transaction” in Penal Law § 125.27 (1) (a) (viii) should be construed as incorporating the technical definition given the phrase in CPL 40.10 (2).1
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Defendant killed two people in a 90-minute time span. The first killing occurred about 1:40 a.m. on July 4, 1999, and the…
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