People v. Ortiz

Tom and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.,

concur in a separate memorandum by Tom, J., as follows: This is the second time defendant has been tried and convicted by a jury of criminal facilitation in the second degree in connection with the March 22, 1998 murder-for-hire of William Sharpe, a homeless drug addict, for which the trial court imposed a prison term of 71/2 to 15 years. In the first jury trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal facilitation, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years to life, and Ph to 15 years. By decision dated October 17, 2006,…