Judgment affirmed.
Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for the brutal killing of his estranged girl friend, Christine Russo (no relation). Briefly, the facts adduced at the trial are as follows: Defendant had made careful arrangements to meet the decedent at night in a parking lot in Von Briesen Park, Staten Island. He prevailed upon a girl friend of the victim to bring her to this park on some pretense and there he told the victim's friend...
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