Legal Opinion
Sorto v. Herbert
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 13, 2004No. 01-CV-2955 (ERK)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KORMAN, Chief Judge.
Valentin Sorto was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree for the stabbing of a member of a rival gang whom petitioner believed to be responsible for shooting a fellow gang member. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction after holding that the proof of petitioner’s guilt was legally sufficient and that the remainder of his claims were “either un-preserved for appellate review or without merit.” People v. Sorto, 274 A.D.2d 487, 711 N.Y.S.2d 911 (2d…
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