Judgment affirmed.
We reject the defendant's contention that the instant prosecution for intentional murder was barred by the statutory prohibition against double jeopardy embodied in CPL 40.20. The record indicates that the decedent, the defendant's wife, died several days after the defendant entered a plea of guilty to first degree assault in connection with the shooting of the same individual. Since the defendant's wife died subsequent to the prosecution of the...
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