On Feb. 9, the lead executioner in the case of Angel Diaz, who took 34 minutes to die, told the panel, "I have no medical training or qualifications."

Another bettor, Angel Diaz, 58, from Flatbush, had a different experience.

Some legal experts said yesterday that could give Angel Diaz, the defendant accused of actually shooting Officer Gillespie, strong grounds for an appeal if he is sentenced to death.

They are Angel Diaz, 77, of West Hartford and Elizabeth Nadeau, 55, of New Britain.

After strangling the man with a shoelace and stabbing him, 19-year-old Angel Diaz and four other youths took the subway from the Bronx to Brooklyn.

The lead plaintiff in the lawsuit was Angel Diaz, a hospital administrator who ran as a Republican against Ms. Velazquez in 1992.

Mr. Vacco had a deadline of Aug. 28 to make a final decision on whether to seek the death penalty against the accused killer, Angel Diaz, 28.

In the interim, the defendant, Angel Diaz, committed suicide in his jail cell.

And then there is Angel Diaz, who on Thursday was wearing a hat that said Puerto Rico and a sweatshirt that championed the Mets.

As these various court proceedings were unfolding, corrections officials in Starke, Fla., executed Angel Diaz by lethal injection on Dec. 13, 2006.