People v. Cole

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon two verdicts, following two jury trials, of various crimes that include two counts of murder in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.27 [1] [a] [vii]; [b]), occurring at Tony’s Ranch House, and one count of attempted murder in the second degree (§§ 110.00, 125.25 [1]), occurring at the Groove Nightclub. He also was convicted of, inter alia, four counts of robbery in the first degree (§ 160.15 [1], [2]), three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (§ 265.03 [former (2)]) and one count each of criminal…