PEOPLE v. SWARTZ


130 A.D.2d 288 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dale R. Swartz, Sr., Appellant

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

October 8, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Baker for appellant.

Benjamin J. Bucko, District Attorney (R. James Miller of counsel), for respondent.

MAIN, J. P., CASEY, WEISS and YESAWICH, JR., JJ., concur.


LEVINE, J.

As a consequence of a police investigation of the fatally severe beating of defendant's two-year-old stepdaughter, defendant was indicted for second degree murder under Penal Law § 125.25 (2), under which a person is guilty of murder for recklessly causing the death of another person "[u]nder circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life". As part of his omnibus pretrial motion...

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