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PEOPLE v. LE GRAND

76 A.D.2d 706 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Devernon Le Grand and Steven Le Grand, Also Known as Steven Straun, Appellants

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

September 29, 1980

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein (Alan S. Axelrod of counsel), for Steven Le Grand, appellant.

Devernon Le Grand, appellant pro se.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Michael Gore of counsel), for respondent.

MARGETT, O'CONNOR and WEINSTEIN, JJ., concur.

MOLLEN, P. J.

Following a long and often acrimonious trial, the defendants were convicted of the murders of 17-year-old Yvonne Rivera and her 18-year-old sister, Gladys Rivera Steward. The prosecution alleged that the defendants killed the two young women on the premises of the St. John's Church of The Lord in which defendant Devernon Le Grand and some 60 to 80 other people resided. It was further alleged that...

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