PEOPLE v. ORTIZ


176 A.D.2d 681 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Angel Ortiz, Appellant

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

October 31, 1991


Defendant was convicted for the stabbing death of his estranged common law wife at her apartment, during a heated argument. The argument, immediately preceding the assault, although not the stabbing itself, was observed by the wife's female house guest. Defendant admitted shortly thereafter to other witnesses that he had killed his wife, as he asked them to summon an ambulance.

The only issue raised on appeal is defendant's challenge to the Court's instruction on...

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