People v. Leon

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Colabella, J.), rendered April 8, 1987, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*640Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s indictment for, and conviction of, two counts of murder in the second degree, arose out of the brutal killing of an elderly woman and her 49-year-old daughter. Both victims lived in the same apartment building as the defendant. The evidence adduced by the People against the defendant at trial included, inter alia, the…