PEOPLE v. KOVACS


255 A.D.2d 457 (1998)

682 N.Y.S.2d 47

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Stuart Kovacs, Appellant

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

November 16, 1998


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of the murder of his wife. Although the defendant reported his wife's death to the police as a suicide, at trial the prosecution presented medical and forensic evidence to support its theory that the defendant pushed the victim over the second-floor railing of their home, and then doused her body with a container of octane booster.

On appeal, the defendant contends that the evidence adduced...

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