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PEOPLE v. CASTRO

2243, 2658/04

76 A.D.3d 421 (2010)

907 N.Y.S.2d 167

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAFAEL CASTRO, Appellant.

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

Decided August 10, 2010.

Defendant was convicted of the murder of his fiancée, Vanessa Reynosa, and the attempted murder of her mother, Miriam Rivas. He attacked both victims with a machete. According to the uncontradicted trial testimony of a medical examiner, defendant inflicted six sharp-force wounds to Reynosa's head, neck and shoulders, and perforated her spine, and delivered a single blow to Rivas that penetrated her brain.

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