People v. Parrella

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J.), rendered August 1, 2001, convicting defendant Jody Parrella, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed. Judgment, same court and Justice, rendered November 29, 2001, convicting defendant Felix Piniero, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdicts convicting defendant Parrella of assault and defendant Piniero of murder, each under a depraved indifference theory, were…