Victim’s mother assails murderer

Hassan Riddick sentenced to 25 years to life for 2020 killing

A judge sentenced Hassan Riddick to 25 years to life in prison Friday for the killing nearly two years ago of Dwayne Fenner but not before the victim's mother assailed Riddick for taking a father from his children.

Riddick was sentenced by acting state Supreme Court Justice Roger Mcdonough. As he was led from the courtroom, Riddick muttered something to one of Fenner's relatives, setting off a brief argument.

Riddick, 29, of Colonie, shot and killed Fenner, 34, just after 4 p.m. on June 18, 2020, outside a home on Third Street.

“He had no right to take my son's life. … I want him to pay for his sins murdering my son, Dwayne,” said Fenner's mother, Olivia Fenner. “This young man has no regard for human life, and I pray God has mercy on him.”

She told the judge Fenner's wife, children, and siblings miss him dearly every day. “I love you

Dwayne,” she said, “until the day we meet again.”

On March 21, Riddick was convicted of second-degree murder and weapons charges. The top count carried a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

In court, Mcdonough said that the calculated crime stemmed from a fistfight that occurred three years ago between Riddick and Fenner. He addressed Riddick prior to sentencing him, saying “the thought process of your actions equates to resentment toward an individual for a fistfight that became a motive for murder.”

The getaway driver in the killing, Alfonso Fuller, 31, pleaded guilty last fall to weapon possession counts to resolve a second-degree murder charge he faced in Fenner's killing.

Fuller also pleaded guilty in the 2014 killing of 23-year-old Jessie Overton. Prosecutors said Fuller confessed to the crime, was arraigned in City Court and pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, prosecutors said. He also admitted to killing a dog.

Fuller is serving an 18-year sentence in state prison.