People v. Blunt

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bernard Fried, J., at trial with a jury), rendered May 21, 1987, convicting defendant of attempted murder in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 8Vs to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, who was a police officer, met Jacqueline Brown, a prostitute, in a fast-food restaurant early in the morning of December 17, 1984.

Defendant invited Brown back to his apartment where they both fell asleep while watching the television. Brown awakened first, and before defendant showed her out of the apartment, she took…