A man convicted of shooting and killing two people following a dispute between rival groups committed the distinct crimes of murder and weapon possession, justifying consecutive, rather than concurrent, sentences, an appellate court has ruled.
Attorneys for Ledarrius Wright could not persuade the majority of an Appellate Division, First Department, panel that Mr. Wright deserved concurrent sentences for his first-degree murder and second-degree weapon possession convictions because the acts were animated by the same intent during one incident.
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