People v. Wiese

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered November 13,1980, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree. Defendant was convicted of participating in the beating of Patrick O’Connell on July 15,1979, at approximately 1:00 a.m., following a street celebration known as the Pine Hills Festival. When O’Connell went to the aid of a boy who was being beaten, he himself was attacked and seriously injured by four to eight persons, some of whom were wearing shirts bearing the phrase “Freedom Riders”. At trial, defendant was…