Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors March 22, 2018, No. 25 (People v. Brooks)

MEMORANDUM.

***940The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder ( Penal Law § 125.25[1] ) for killing his girlfriend in a Manhattan hotel room. The victim, partially clothed, was found fully submerged in an overflowing bathtub. Forensic testing showed defendant's DNA on a bathtub fixture.