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Article: N.Y. `Lolita' Gets 5-15 Years in Murder Try
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 1, 1992
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MINEOLA, N.Y. An apologetic Amy Fisher was sentenced to the
maximum five to 15 years in prison today in the "Lolita" case for
shooting the wife of a man she claimed was her lover.
"Your acts on May 19, 1992, were not spontaneous. For many
months, you had stalked Mary Jo Buttafuoco, like a wild animal stalks
its prey," Judge Marvin Goodman told the 18-year-old defendant.
"To this court, you are no celebrity. In the eyes of this
court, you are a tragedy and disgrace."
The shooting left Mrs. Buttafuoco, 37, partially disabled from a
head wound.
The sentencing followed the first face-to-face meeting between
her and Fisher since the shooting. Mrs. Buttafuoco appealed to the
judge to ...