Editing Edwin Torres (judge) (section)

{{short description|New York state supreme court judge and author}}
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| birth_date    =  {{birth date and age|1931|01|07}}
| birth_place   = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
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| occupation   = attorney, New York Supreme Court judge, writer
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'''Edwin Torres''' (born January 7, 1931) is a former [[New York State Supreme Court]] judge and author of Puerto Rican descent, who wrote the 1975 novel ''[[Carlito's Way (novel)|Carlito's Way]]''. His book was the basis for the 1993 movie [[Carlito's Way|of the same name]], starring [[Al Pacino]], and for the 1979 book ''[[After Hours (novel)|After Hours]],'' the sequel to ''Carlito's Way''.