PEOPLE v. ORTIZ


33 A.D.3d 432 (2006)

822 N.Y.S.2d 518

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PAVAN ORTIZ, Also Known as VON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided October 17, 2006.


Defendant was charged with allegedly participating, at the behest of his drug-dealing employers, in the contract killing of a homeless drug addict who had robbed one of his employers' street-level sellers. Defendant's role allegedly consisted of attending the meeting where the murderer was hired and being provided with a gun to carry out the crime, and then "fingering" the victim for the murderer at the scene of the crime. The prosecution case turned on the credibility of...

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