People v. Arroyo

OPINION OF THE COURT

George R. Bartlett III, J.

On May 28, 1997, the Schoharie County Grand Jury, in a *559single indictment (No. 97-13), charged defendants Donna Arroyo, Cary Wayne McKinley and Daniel Edwards with murder in the first and second degrees, conspiracy in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in connection with the shooting death of Frank Arroyo on May 12, 1997. Defendant Arroyo was also charged with criminal solicitation in the second degree. A notice to seek the death penalty for all three defendants was filed by the Schoharie County District…