PEOPLE v. TORRES


143 A.D.2d 582 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Torres, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 18, 1988


On December 21, 1983 at approximately 4:00 A.M., a triple homicide occurred at 601 West 162nd Street, Manhattan. The police found the bodies of Rufino Garcia (Rubio) and Daniel Vargas in the basement of that address, and the body of Valerio Guzman on the sidewalk just outside the building. Defendant Joseph Torres, one of the sons of the superintendent who lived in the building, was convicted after a jury trial of manslaughter in...

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