Lawyer Claims Defendant in Hate Crime Is Gay, Too.

Authors :: Brick, Michael
Source :: New York Times. 9/18/2007, Vol. 157 Issue 54071, pB1-B8. 2p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: The article reports that Gerald J. DiChiara, lawyer for defendant Anthony Fortunato, who is fighting alleged hate crime charges, stated that his client is gay in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Fortunato is on trial for allegedly chasing Michael J. Sandy, who was also gay, to his death on the Belt Parkway in New York City during a robbery on October 8, 2006. The difference between the legal charges, larceny by trick and felony murder, is discussed.