FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: OCTOBER 13, 2016
RE: PRESS RELEASE – PEOPLE V. NICHOLAS
PASCARELLA, JR.
On October 11th,
2016, after deliberating for just over two hours, an Ulster County Jury found
Nicholas Pascarella, Jr. guilty of Murder in the 2nd Degree.
Nicholas Pascarella,
Jr. was charged by indictment with Murder in the Second Degree for killing his
father with a baseball bat on December 27th, 2014, outside the
victim’s residence. During the trial,
the defense argued that the defendant committed the homicide while under the
influence of an extreme emotional disturbance, thereby committing the lesser
crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree.
However, the
prosecution countered by offering proof to establish that the murder was
premeditated. Proof included recorded
jail calls between the defendant and his wife during which he discussed the
planning of the murder.
The case was
prosecuted by Chief Assistant District Attorney Michael Kavanagh and the
defendant was represented by MariAnn Connolly.
Pascarella is scheduled to be sentenced by the Hon. Donald A. Williams
on December 16th, 2016, at which time he will face a sentence of
anywhere from 15 to life to 25 to life in state prison.
