People v. Butler

According to the pathologist from the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s office who performed the autopsy, the victim died from stab wounds to her chest, back, abdomen, and extremities, with hemorrhages. There were 34 stab wounds in all, and three more wounds to the face caused by a blunt object. Upon being shown a photograph of the defendant’s hands, taken at the time of his arrest, the pathologist testified that the injuries he saw indicated that the hand holding the weapon had grown slippery during the attack, leading to transverse wounds as it slipped down the handle and over the blade…