Perez v. State

Hill, Presiding Justice.

The defendant, Luis Perez, was convicted by a jury of murder, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and ten years for the aggravated battery to run consecutively; for sentencing purposes the possession of a firearm offense was merged into the other two.

*768The murder victim was defendant’s estranged wife’s father and the battery victim was his wife. The defendant and his wife were getting a divorce, and the wife was living with her father who had not approved the marriage.…