People v. Lainfiesta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Covington, J.), rendered March 28, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
On February 17, 1994, at approximately 5:00 p.m., defendant Shawn Lainfiesta approached Lynn Rivers on a busy Bronx street and shot him in the head at point blank range. Defendant and Rivers, both drug sellers, had a verbal confrontation one week before over…
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