The defendant stands convicted of the crimes of murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the first degree as a result of his participation, along with three other youths, in the tragic and brutal killing of 13-year-old John Pius on April 20, 1979, in Smithtown, New York. The evidence adduced at the trial established that the four youths killed Pius by beating him and shoving rocks down his...
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