People v. Walsh

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), rendered August 3, 2000, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On March 5, 1989, the defendant threw a “Molotov cocktail” through the window of a bar. The “Molotov cocktail” landed and exploded under the bar stool of the defendant’s brother, Billy Walsh. Billy Walsh died several days later from his injuries.

During the direct and redirect examination of Alfred Frol- and, the Supreme Court admitted into evidence…