PEOPLE v. RIVERA


174 A.D.2d 530 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Plouris Rivera, Appellant

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

June 25, 1991


Defendant, charged with attempted murder and other crimes, admitted at trial that he had robbed a drug dealer and that he subsequently fired three shots in the air when Lopez, a bystander, attempted to subdue him. Defendant further admitted firing a single shot at Torres, not knowing that Torres was an undercover police officer. The People's theory of the case, credited by the jury, was that defendant deliberately and repeatedly shot at Lopez and Torres, who had thrice identified...

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