People v. Gonzales

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered March 6, 1979, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed 15 years, affirmed. Defendant was accused of manslaughter in the first degree, in that he stabbed to death 18-year-old Miguel Acosta. The background of the incident is as follows: A family dispute developed involving defendant on the one hand, and Miguel Acosta and his brother Luis, on the other. It was agreed that they would continue the dispute outside the family apartment, on…