People v. Hogan

Sep 27, 2004
Versions:10 A.D.3d 732
781 N.Y.S.2d 915
2004 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11048

*733Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Honorof, J.), rendered June 19, 2002, convicting him of murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

To prove the defendant’s guilt of felony murder, the People were “required to prove only that the defendant intentionally participated in the underlying felony, during the course of which one of the participants caused the death of a nonparticipant” (People v Howard, 241 AD2d 920, 921 [1997]; see People v Santanella, 63 AD2d 744, 747 [1978], cert denied sub nom. Tamilio v New York, 443 US 912 [1979]). Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the evidence established beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant and his cousin, acting in concert, robbed and murdered the victim (see Penal Law § 20.00; People v Badger, 10 AD3d 728 [2004] [decided herewith]). Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Cahill, 2 NY3d 14, 57-60 [2003]).

The defendant’s remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit. Prudenti, P.J., Goldstein, Crane and Lifson, JJ., concur.