2012-05-3 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Monroe B. BUSSEY, Appellant. Alex Smith, Middletown, for appellant. Francis D. Phillips, II, District Attorney, Middletown (Andrew R. Kass and Lauren E. Grasso of counsel), for respondent. JONES Alex Smith, Middletown, for appellant. Francis D. Phillips, II, District Attorney, Middletown (Andrew R. Kass and Lauren E. Grasso of counsel), for respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT JONES, J. On September 4, 2007, a young male victim was found dead
No. 2008-07302. March 15, 2011. Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Freehill, J.), rendered July 28, 2008, convicting him of murder in the second degree (depraved indifference murder), murder in the second degree (felony murder), kidnapping in the first degree, and tampering with physical evidence, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Richard N. Lentino, Middletown, N.Y., for appellant. Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Andrew
March 6, 1989 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Glass, J.). Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, and the case is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5). The People essentially concede that the trial court erred in convicting the defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as a lesser included offense of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (see, People v Okafore, 72 N.Y.2d 81, 89, n 3; People
December 26, 1962 Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered January 17, 1961 after a jury trial (as amd. by order dated April 4, 1961), convicting him of the following crimes and imposing sentence upon him therefor as a second felony offender, as follows: (a) kidnapping, 20 years to life; (b) first degree robbery, 15 to 60 years; (c) second degree burglary, 7 1/2 to 30 years; (d) felonious possession of a gun, 3 1/2 to 7 years; (e) on each of the two counts