People v. Felix

Tom, J.E, dissents in part in a memorandum as follows:

I perceive no reason to reduce the sentence imposed on a defendant who, in the afternoon, threatened to kill Melvin Martinez if he ever saw him again and, in the evening, upon seeing him, did exactly that by plunging a knife with an eight-inch blade into the victim’s heart. This case is devoid of any mitigating circumstances to warrant reduction of the sentence by more than a third—from 25 years to 15 years. I therefore respectfully dissent and would affirm the judgment of conviction in all respects.

Defendant and the victim were employed…