Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer
ALBANY Prosecutors in the Ralph J. Tortorici trial set the stage Wednesday for a claim that the UAlbany gunman displays convenience insanity that he turns on and off more or less at will.
As the defense continued Wednesday to present its case of mental disease or defect, the prosecution prepared to rebut that claim by suggesting that Tortorici despite evidence that he is delusional knows what he did, why he did it and that it was illegal.
Tortorici, 27, of Guilderland is charged in a 15-count indictment with taking a University at Albany class hostage on Dec. 14, 1994, and shooting a student. After a week of trial, two things are abundantly clear: Tortorici, who believed the government planted a microchip in his penis and brain to control his emotions and mind, did it, …
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