People v. Weinstein

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard D. Carruthers, J.

Herbert Weinstein stands indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree. The indictment alleges that Weinstein murdered his wife, Barbara, on January 7, 1991. Weinstein allegedly strangled his wife in their 12th floor apartment in Manhattan, and then threw her body from a window to make her death appear to be a suicide.

Weinstein’s attorney has filed notice that the defense at trial will be that Weinstein lacked criminal responsibility for killing his wife due to mental disease or defect. (See, CPL 250.10; Penal Law § 40.15.) Evidence to…