A divided state appeals panel has refused to overturn a jury’s finding that a man acted with “depraved indifference to human life” when he threw beer bottles from the 26th-floor balcony of his Manhattan hotel room, warranting a conviction for first-degree reckless endangerment and a year-long prison sentence.
The majority in People v. Green, 4295/05, handed down yesterday, was written by Justice David Friedman (See Profile). He was joined by Presiding Justice Luis Gonzalez (See Profile) and Justice Nelson Roman (See Profile).
