Legal Opinion

People v. Fortunato

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 9, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stephen L. Barrett, J., at identification hearing; Emily Jane Goodman, J., at jury trial), rendered August 1, 1990, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 18 years to life and 2 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

There is no merit to defendant’s argument that the prosecutor’s summation was an attempt to affirmatively mislead the jury as to the significance of the evidence concerning the shooter’s gray patch of hair. First, the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. CandelarioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. FordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. RoblesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. StevensonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  4. People v. BayardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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