People v. Reome

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Garvey, J.), rendered March 9, 1983, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the first degree. 11 Defendant, her husband James Reome, her niece Diane Butchino, and her niece’s husband Wayne Butchino were playing cards at a table in the kitchen of defendant’s house on February 28,1982. Defendant’s husband had been verbally abusing her and had threatened to leave the house to visit his ex-wife. Defendant’s niece and her husband decided to leave because of the intensity of the abuse. They agreed to James…