State v. Sanchez: Case File, Third EditionWas Ernesto Sanchez in the wrong place at the wrong time, or is he a member of a violent criminal gang? Sanchez admits that he was caught up in a parking lot gang fight in his rough neighborhood and stabbed Patrick Connor, who died of the wound. Sanchez says he stabbed Connor in self defense after Connor hit him with a baseball bat. The witnesses agree that Sanchez was on the ground and Connor was standing over him. What happened next is in dispute,