PEOPLE v. AUSTIN


161 A.D.2d 106 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mary B. Austin, Appellant

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

May 1, 1990


Defendant was employed in a clerical position in a law firm. She claimed to have had an affair with one of the partners, and subsequently shot and killed him. She interposed a defense of insanity.

Extensive testimony was received concerning defendant's intense, and occasionally stormy, relationships at work with her co-workers, and with the married victim. Over the course of six months prior to the shooting, defendant purchased an illegal handgun, made several references...

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