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ID describes it as happily married Igancio and Heather Garraus were living a pleasant life until a wandering eye leads Ignacio to stray. Later, a ten year marriage falls apart when Robin Kalinowski, a bored wife, madly pursues an old friend, and the romance turns deadly.
Moreover, the medical evidence established that the bullet entered the victim's skull near the middle of his head and traveled downward toward the base of the skull. If the shooting happened as defendant described in her video reenactment and other statements, the bullet would have had an upward trajectory. A firearms expert who test-fired the rifle testified that it was in proper working condition, which is contrary to defendant's assertion that the gun needed to be fixed and that the victim was fixing it in the bedroom on the night of the shooting. The expert further testified that it took five to seven pounds of pressure to pull the rifle's trigger, which he described as a "substantial trigger pull" and not a "hair trigger." Thus, the expert concluded, the rifle would not fire if a person "just touch[ed] or tap[ped]" the trigger. That testimony undermined defendant's claim that the rifle discharged when it slipped out of her hands.
The People also presented evidence that the victim, an experienced hunter, was very safe with his guns and would not have left a loaded rifle on his bed with the safety in the off position. Defendant's own brother described the victim at trial as "Mr. Safety." In addition, defendant told inconsistent stories about how the shooting occurred, and she made numerous admissions to fellow inmates while in jail awaiting trial. Finally, although defendant told the police that there were no problems with her marriage, the People presented evidence at trial that she was having an affair with another man when the victim was shot, and that after the shooting she told her paramour not to tell the police about their affair. When defendant learned that the paramour intended to testify for the prosecution at trial, defendant conspired with an undercover police officer, who defendant thought was a hit man, to have her paramour murdered. Defendant later pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the second degree as a result of her attempt to murder the witness, and evidence of her plea was entered at trial.\
Despite multiple trials and appeals, she remains sentenced to twenty five to life.
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Robin Kalinowski 09G0207
Bedford Hills
247 Harris Road
Bedford Hills, New York 10507-2400
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