People v. Castro

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Judith Lieb, J.), rendered May 17, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, attempted murder in the second degree, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 50 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

*422Defendant was convicted of the murder of his fiancée, Vanessa Reynosa, and the attempted murder of her mother, Miriam Rivas. He attacked both victims with a machete. According to the uncontradicted trial testimony of a medical examiner, defendant inflicted six…