Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum:
Kidnapping in the first degree under Penal Law § 135.25 (3) is a strict liability crime with respect to the death caused, because it does not require an intent to bring about the death of the victim (see, People v Campbell,
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