Louima said Volpe, Charles Schwarz and two other patrolmen took turns beating him in a cruiser. Prosecutors failed to prove those charges at a trial earlier this year. Louima said Schwarz held him down while Volpe rammed the stick up his rectum. Second officer convicted At Volpe's trial other police officers took the stand to describe how Volpe later waved the feces-covered stick around and boasted about the attack. Overwhelmed, Volpe interrupted the trial to plead guilty to violating Louima's civil rights by sexually assaulting him.
Prosecutors insist they charged the right men.
Still, defense attorney Kornberg tried to argue that Volpe's attempt to clear his co-defendant would justify a lighter sentence. APB Multimedia Inc. All rights reserved.