People v. Sanchez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Friedman, J.

In the early morning hours of January 1, 2005, two middle-aged men, Herbert Griffin and Liam McCormack, were assaulted in the street by three much younger men, defendant-appellant Matthew Sanchez and codefendants Anthony Amitrano and Nenad Jurlina. The incident occurred after the three younger men left a bar as it was closing following a New Year’s Eve party. McCormack, a part owner of the bar, refused to permit Sanchez to take his drink with him as he left. Taking offense at this, Sanchez removed McCormack’s keys from the bar’s front door and walked away with…