443 U.S. 307 (1979) Cited 77,630 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"
Holding depraved indifference charge was not appropriate where defendant intended to kill an individual and did kill that individual, even if the killing was done in a depraved manner.
Holding that the depraved indifference element referred to the "factual setting in which the risk creating conduct must occur," rather than the mens rea requirement
Holding that Feingold standard applies to cases brought on direct appeal where the defendant has "adequately challenged" the sufficiency of the proof as to his depraved indifference murder conviction
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 4766 (N.Y. 2011) Cited 40 times
In Lewie the mother of the decedent brought her child into the hospital where he expired (see id. at 353, 929 N.Y.S.2d 522, 953 N.E.2d 760). At the time of the child's death he “had injuries consistent with very severe abuse” (id. at 354, 929 N.Y.S.2d 522, 953 N.E.2d 760).
Affirming conviction for depraved indifference murder where person drove at a speed of 40 miles per hour down a busy sidewalk without attempting to put on the brakes and killed two people
Finding that the defendant committed depraved indifference murder when, albeit without any intent to kill, he caused the death of a 3 1/2-year-old infant as a result of continually beating the child over a period of five days; "[t]he continued brutality toward a child, found by the jury in this case, fits within the accepted understanding of the kind of recklessness involving 'a depraved indifference to human life'"