Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fragido Hernandez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-11-26
Citations: 233 A.D.2d 273
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fragido Hernandez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 233
Pages: 273–274

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fragido Hernandez, Appellant.
[650 NYS2d 539]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered January 7, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 7 to 21 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Defendant's intent to cause serious physical injury was established by testimony that, after urging a group of friends to arm themselves with bottles and rocks in order to confront another group about derogatory comments that they had made, defendant took out a gun, pointed it at members of the group who stood about twenty feet away and fired one shot at the group and a second shot as he fled from the scene. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Rubin, Ross, Tom and Andrias, JJ.