People v. Castro

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

Defendant, Bernard C. Castro, Sr., appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder. We reverse and remand.

On January 20, 1998, several people, including defendant and the victim, spent the evening drinking at the home of mutual friends. Throughout the evening, defendant and the victim argued and verbally threatened each other.

In the early morning hours of January 21, 1998, defendant shot the victim onee in the head, killing him instantly. The accounts of what happened were not clear due to the intoxication of the…