Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1985

People v. Pippins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 28, 1985

107 A.D.2d 826; 484 N.Y.S.2d 665; 1985 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 42750

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

BETHANY, RAYSHAWN, PEOPLE v (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
People v. Bethany (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
People v. Bethany (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
People v. Dukes (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1989)
People v. Alvarez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
People v. Warner (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
People v. Greene (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1985)

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Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bourgeois, J.), rendered July 8, 1982, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

We have reviewed the evidence and conclude that a rational trier of fact could have found that defendant’s guilt had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Viewed in a light most favorable to the People, the evidence established that after having been “beaten up” by the victim, the defendant drove his car slowly and stopped in a position from which a passenger was able to take aim and shoot the victim with a shotgun. Defendant did not look surprised after the shot was fired, and quickly drove away from the scene.

It was not unreasonable for the jury to have concluded from these facts that defendant intentionally aided in the commission *827of the offense. The record supports the jury’s conclusion that there was no reasonable doubt that defendant shared the intent of the passenger to cause the victim’s death (see People v Barnes, 50 NY2d 375; People v Castillo, 47 NY2d 270). Thompson, J. P., Brown, Niehoff and Lawrence, JJ., concur.

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