At the time of this incident, defendant was a licensed practical nurse, working at a psychiatric ward at Metropolitan Hospital. The victim, Mary O'Brien, was a psychiatric patient in that ward. Ms. O'Brien had a history of mental instability and drug abuse. She was also suffering from chronic respiratory difficulty, having undergone a tracheotomy, the wound from which had not completely healed.
The trial testimony of two of the other patients and of
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