PEOPLE v. COSTA


256 A.D.2d 809 (1998)

683 N.Y.S.2d 309

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LOUIS J. COSTA, Appellant.

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

Decided December 17, 1998.


Crew III, J.

Defendant, charged with murder in the second degree, presented psychiatric evidence that he had acted under an extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the underlying killing. The jury rejected the defense and found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree for which he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 25 years to life. Defendant now appeals.

We affirm. As to defendant's assertion that the jury's verdict was...

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