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PEOPLE v. WOOD

79 N.Y.2d 958 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bruce Wood, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Garrity, Jr., Public Defender (David Steinberg of counsel), for appellant.

William V. Grady, District Attorney (Alfred T. Tallakson of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge TITONE dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge KAYE concurs.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of murdering a female acquaintance during the early morning hours of March 8, 1979. The two had met in a bar earlier in the night and returned to the victim's apartment. After consensual sexual relations defendant struck the victim on the head repeatedly with a heavy glass bottle filled with pennies and then strangled her...

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