PEOPLE v. LA BRUNA


66 A.D.2d 300 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carmen La Bruna, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

February 16, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel A. Barrell (Joseph Mistrett of counsel), for appellant.

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (Judith Blake Manzella of counsel), for respondent.

CARDAMONE, SIMONS and WITMER, JJ., concur with MOULE, J. P.; SCHNEPP, J., dissents and votes to reverse judgment and dismiss indictment, in an opinion.


MOULE, J. P.

The principal issue on this appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree is whether the evidence offered at trial, circumstantial in nature, was sufficient to establish defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant was found guilty of aiding Gino Albini in the intentional murder of a 21-year-old Buffalo woman.

In November 1969 the victim was with Albini, defendant and...

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