Post by Scumhunter on Mar 25, 2016 12:15:43 GMT -5
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Friday announced that a 55-year-old man has been convicted of second-degree murder for shooting a man in the face outside a New Year’s Eve party in 1991. The defendant was arrested in 2007 in Alabama, where he lived under an assumed identity. He was found guilty in 2011, but that conviction was overturned on appeal.
“The evidence again showed that this defendant is guilty of a brutal murder,” said Thompson. “It has been a long road to justice in this case, and I am confident that today’s verdict will ensure that this dangerous man will remain off our streets,” Thompson said on Friday.
The DA identified the defendant as Derrick Lloyd, 55, of Montgomery, Alabama. He was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder following a jury trial before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog. The defendant will be sentenced on April 20, at which time he faces a maximum sentence of 18 years to life in prison.
Thompson said that according to trial testimony, in the early morning hours of Jan.1, 1991, the defendant left a house party at 5624 Farragut Road in East Flatbush, looking for an intoxicated man who had caused a disturbance at the party. He approached a group of people seated on a bench and demanded to know where the person he was looking for went. No one was able to answer the defendant.
The defendant then stated, “I want answers now,” the evidence showed. William Smith, 22, replied with words to the effect of “We all want answers” and the two got into a fight. In the course of the altercation, the defendant pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the face, killing him, according to testimony.
The defendant was identified by a witness on the day of the incident, but could not be located. In August 2007, he entered a Department of Motor Vehicles location in Alabama, where he has been living under the assumed name Rashad Hamid. A clerk noticed that he was using fraudulent documents and the defendant was subsequently identified as Derrick Lloyd, who had been the subject of an extensive search and featured on “America’s Most Wanted” television program.
He stood trial in 2011, was convicted and sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. An appellate court overturned the conviction in 2014 and ordered a new trial.
www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/3/25/man-convicted-1991-brooklyn-murder
“The evidence again showed that this defendant is guilty of a brutal murder,” said Thompson. “It has been a long road to justice in this case, and I am confident that today’s verdict will ensure that this dangerous man will remain off our streets,” Thompson said on Friday.
The DA identified the defendant as Derrick Lloyd, 55, of Montgomery, Alabama. He was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder following a jury trial before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog. The defendant will be sentenced on April 20, at which time he faces a maximum sentence of 18 years to life in prison.
Thompson said that according to trial testimony, in the early morning hours of Jan.1, 1991, the defendant left a house party at 5624 Farragut Road in East Flatbush, looking for an intoxicated man who had caused a disturbance at the party. He approached a group of people seated on a bench and demanded to know where the person he was looking for went. No one was able to answer the defendant.
The defendant then stated, “I want answers now,” the evidence showed. William Smith, 22, replied with words to the effect of “We all want answers” and the two got into a fight. In the course of the altercation, the defendant pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the face, killing him, according to testimony.
The defendant was identified by a witness on the day of the incident, but could not be located. In August 2007, he entered a Department of Motor Vehicles location in Alabama, where he has been living under the assumed name Rashad Hamid. A clerk noticed that he was using fraudulent documents and the defendant was subsequently identified as Derrick Lloyd, who had been the subject of an extensive search and featured on “America’s Most Wanted” television program.
He stood trial in 2011, was convicted and sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. An appellate court overturned the conviction in 2014 and ordered a new trial.
www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/3/25/man-convicted-1991-brooklyn-murder
