Man faces up to 75 years for fatal fight on Halloween 2004

A then 23-year-old Queens resident has been convicted in the fatal stabbing of one man and the wounding of two others during a fight between two groups of men at a Corona sports bar in the early morning hours of Halloween 2004. He now faces up to 75 years in prison.
“The defendant has been convicted of participating in the stabbing death of an unarmed man and the assault of two others when he and his nephew resorted to the use of knives during a fight,” said District Attorney Richard A. Brown. “His actions will now result in his serving what will probably be the rest of his life behind bars.”
The District Attorney identified the defendant as Regino Dominguez, now 25, whose last known address was 34-12 Union Street in Flushing.
He was convicted of second-degree murder, first- and second- degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Queens Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Hanophy, who presided at the two-week jury trial, set sentencing for September 25, at which time the defendant faces up to 75 years to life in prison.
According to testimony at trial, Dominguez and his nephew and roommate, Sergio Carrillo, now 22, were at the El Rodeo sports bar, located at 95-27 40th Road, between 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., on October 31, 2004, when they got into a fight with Patricio Guaman, 21, and two other individuals - Guaman’s brother, Franklin Guaman, 23, and a friend, Marco Chabla, 21.
During the fight, Carrillo used a knife to stab both Patricio Guaman and Marco Chabla multiple times in the chest and Dominguez struck Franklin Guaman in the face and back with a machete multiple times as Franklin attempted to save his brother who was being stabbed to death. All three men were taken to the hospital, where Patricio Guaman died a short time later and Franklin Guaman and Chabla were admitted in serious condition.
The District Attorney said that Carrillo appeared before Justice Hanophy on September 20, 2006 and pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. He was sentenced the following month to 17 years in prison.