PEOPLE v. SORSBY


168 A.D.2d 469 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Sorsby, Appellant

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

December 3, 1990


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of the stabbing death of William Rojas, which occurred during the early morning hours of September 24, 1987. At trial, the defendant asserted the defense of justification. On the evening in question, the defendant had been drinking and taking cocaine with Rojas's girlfriend, Lorraine Munoz, at the apartment she shared with Rojas. When Rojas returned home, Munoz confronted him about her missing bicycle...

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