People v. Melendez

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence J. Tonetti, J.), rendered De*480cember 2, 1986, convicting defendant after a jury trial of murder in the second degree and rape in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, and 8 Vi to 25 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, who had resided in the same apartment with his ultimate victims, was convicted of killing Luis Ayala, and raping Ayala’s young common-law wife. On January 7, 1985, following a bitter argument the previous day and after Ayala left for work, defendant announced to…