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 defendant claimed that the stabbing of Rivera and the first two stab wounds inflicted upon his...
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