PEOPLE v. OSTAS


179 A.D.2d 893 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melissa A. Ostas, Appellant

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

January 23, 1992


Yesawich Jr., J.

These charges arose from the brutal murder of a 64-year-old woman, a neighbor of defendant's grandmother, on September 17, 1989. That night, defendant and her boyfriend, codefendant Daniel Rudicel, went to the victim's home in the Village of Owego, Tioga County. After introducing themselves, defendant and Rudicel asked to borrow a pan of hot water and, when the victim turned toward the sink, Rudicel began to strike her about the head...

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