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PEOPLE v. HUGHES

2017-01549. Ind. No. 8527/14.

199 A.D.3d 937 (2021)

154 N.Y.S.3d 453

2021 NY Slip Op 06372

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Chivona Hughes, Appellant.

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

Decided November 17, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Pazner , New York, NY ( Nao Terai of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.

Rivera, J.P., Miller, Genovesi and Ford, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25[1]) in connection with the killing of Richard Saunders, who was found stabbed to death with 87 sharp-force injuries to his body.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient...

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