PEOPLE v. PLAZA


60 A.D.3d 1153 (2009)

874 N.Y.S.2d 621

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM PLAZA, Appellant.

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

Decided March 12, 2009.


Kavanagh, J.

Defendant was charged with murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the first degree after he was alleged to have assaulted, choked and strangled to death his live-in girlfriend. After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a prison term of 25 years to life. This appeal ensued. As we find that defendant's claims have no merit, we affirm.

Defendant claims that County Court made certain erroneous...

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