PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN


173 A.D.2d 120 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Griffin, Appellant

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

December 26, 1991


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan S. Fisher (Alan Scribner of counsel), for appellant.

Howard R. Relin, District Attorney (Robert Mastrocola of counsel), for respondent.

DENMAN, P. J., GREEN, PINE and DAVIS, JJ., concur.


BOOMER, J.

After trial, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree for intentionally causing the death of the victim by stabbing him in the abdomen. The immediate cause of death was acute respiratory distress and massive pulmonary edema caused by an abdominal abscess, which in turn was caused by the stab wound that had perforated the duodenum.

On appeal, defendant primarily contends that...

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