People v. Ramos

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ethan Greenberg, J.

Decision

Shortly before 2:00 a.m. on December 22, 2001, defendant Leonides Ramos and his neighbor Juan DeLa Rosa quarreled *565in the street just outside their apartment building at 970 Anderson Avenue. Mr. DeLa Rosa was angry. He believed that defendant Ramos had glued the lock to the front door to his apartment shut. DeLa Rosa held a screwdriver in his hand; a few minutes earlier DeLa Rosa had used the screwdriver to try to pry open the door to his home. Defendant Ramos picked up a long metal pipe that was lying in the street. Ramos then hit DeLa Rosa with…