People v. Patrick

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered March 16, 1988, which convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree and sentenced him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, a reputed member of a gang called the "Westies”, together with a cohort, killed a man in a "gangland execution” style and dumped his body in the Hudson River. Six months later, the body was discovered, and defendant was subsequently arrested and indicted for the murder. After the *85clerk was sent to get a…