PEOPLE v. TORTORICI


249 A.D.2d 588 (1998)

671 N.Y.S.2d 162

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ralph J. Tortorici, Appellant

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

April 2, 1998


Carpinello, J.

On the morning of December 14, 1994, defendant took a group of students hostage in an underground lecture center on the campus of the State University of New York at Albany. He was armed with a hunting knife, a recently purchased semiautomatic rifle and over 80 rounds of ammunition. During the two-hour standoff, precipitated by defendant's belief that he was the subject of a government experiment and had been unfairly prevented from graduating...

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