PEOPLE v. POPLIS


30 N.Y.2d 85 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Poplis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Zuckerman for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Bennett L. Gershman and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur.


BERGAN, J.

Defendant has been convicted of murder under new Penal Law section 125.25 (subd. 2). In relevant text this provides: "A person is guilty of murder" when "[u]nder circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes the death of another person".

The proof abundantly establishes...

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