People v. Ali

Defendant, Nasar Ali, owned a grocery store in upper Manhattan. On September 19, 1971, the defendant’s estranged wife, Frances, was driven to the store by a friend of the family. Mrs. Ali entered the store to retrieve a television set. The Alis had words and Mrs. Ali left the store and put the television set in the back of the station wagon. While she *233was re-entering the station wagon, she heard shots and lifted her head to see what was happening. Her curiosity was rewarded with a bullet wound in the head. The defendant was arrested immediately thereafter and the indictment resulting from…