People v. Duncan

Bruce G. Dean J.

Under Indictment No. 71-112, returned by the Tompkins County Grand Jury in October, 1971, defendant, Eugene Duncan, was accused of the crime of murder of *609one Gerald Williams, in violation of section 125.25 of the Penal Law, effective September 1, 1967, and in effect on November 11, 1971, and which did not provide for degrees of the crime of murder.

By reason of the absence of the defendant, trial under the indictment was delayed until June 3, 1975. After a trial covering the period from June 3, 1975 to June 26, 1975, the jury returned a verdict against defendant, finding him…