People v. Rachles

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered July 9, 1987, convicting defendant after a jury trial of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term of twenty-five years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The defendant, two accomplices, and the defendant’s lover all resided together and considered themselves a family. They murdered an antique dealer at the defendant’s instigation, to satisfy the defendant’s desire for revenge after the antique dealer had refused to give defendant a substantial unsecured loan. The defendant, after…