People v. Bell

• Decision Date: 02 May 2013
• Citation: 2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 03123,966 N.Y.S.2d 773,21 N.Y.3d 915,988 N.E.2d 1285
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Earl BELL, Jr., Appellant.
• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

21 N.Y.3d 915
988 N.E.2d 1285
966 N.Y.S.2d 773
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 03123

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,
v.
Earl BELL, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

May 2, 2013.

Alex Smith, Middletown, for appellant.

Francis D. Phillips, II, District Attorney, Middletown (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.

[21 N.Y.3d 916]On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order modified by reducing defendant's conviction of depraved indifference murder in the second degree to manslaughter in the second degree and remitting to County Court, Orange County, for resentencing and, as so modified, affirmed ( see People v. Bussey, 19 N.Y.3d 231, 947 N.Y.S.2d 381, 970 N.E.2d 404 [2012] ).

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and RIVERA concur.