[DOWNLOAD] "State V. Castrillo" by New Mexico Supreme Court * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Castrillo
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 15, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
Description
Defendant-appellant Castrillo acknowledged before trial that he was a convicted felon and had been in possession of a firearm. He notified the court he would present a defense of duress, based on several incidents that allegedly caused him to reasonably fear immediate bodily harm and to purchase a firearm to protect himself. Those incidents include (1) defendant's estranged wife intentionally smashed his car windshield five and one-half months prior to defendant purchasing the weapon; (2) approximately one month later she appeared at the home of defendant's parents (where he was staying), shouted obscenities, and fired a gun; and (3) during the same time frame, the former boyfriend of defendant's girlfriend threatened to kill him and apparently was armed. After that incident, defendant and his girlfriend moved to Albuquerque to avoid further problems. They remained there for four months, but the relationship ended, and defendant returned to Roswell. Three days before he bought the weapon, defendant's car was shot up while he was visiting his wife. He had walked to the side of his wife's house to knock on a window when he heard gunshots and screeching tires. He returned to his car to find several bullet holes; several ricochets also had hit the windshield, which was darkly tinted. The tint made it impossible to see if the automobile was occupied. After he bought the firearm, another incident involving defendant's wife and her family occurred that included an exchange of gun fire.