The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The killing of the restaurant manager simultaneously with the execution of the robbery of the cash receipts of the restaurant satisfied the element of a death caused "in furtherance of" a robbery within the meaning of Penal Law § 125.25 (3) and we reject defendant's argument that the circumstantial evidence raises a reasonable doubt with respect to this issue. We perceive...
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