Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1977

People v. McPhail

People v. McPhail
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 25, 1977
57 A.D.2d 633; 393 N.Y.S.2d 755; 1977 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11653
People v. McPhail

Opinion of the Court

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered November 17, 1975, convicting him of murder in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. No reasonable view of the evidence exists which would support a finding that defendant-appellant committed the lesser offense of unlawful imprisonment, but did not commit the greater one of kidnapping (see CPL 300.50; People v Shuman, 37 NY2d 302; People v Beaver, 56 AD2d 891). The other contentions raised by defendant have been considered and found to be without merit. Cohalan, Acting P. J., Hawkins, Mollen and O’Connor, JJ., concur.

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