People v. Gilford

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

At 2:00 a.m. on Monday, March 8, 2004, a fight erupted on the dance floor at “Skate Key,” a now-defunct indoor roller skating rink in the Bronx. By the time the combatants were spent or separated, James Earl Jones had suffered what turned out to be a mortal stab wound in the chest, and Kyle Williams had *866suffered potentially life-threatening stab wounds in the stomach and back. A female witness who was standing within inches of Jones when he was stabbed helped him outside where he collapsed in the street. She…