People v. Enchautegui
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (King, J.), rendered May 29, 1984, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant stands convicted of the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife Rita Enchautegui and of an assault upon Wilfredo Rivera. The defenses at trial were lack of criminal responsibility by reason of mental disease or defect (Penal Law former § 30.05 [1], now § 40.15 [1]) and justification (Penal Law § 35.15). The…
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