State v. Mulero

The opinion of the court was delivered

Pee Cxjeiam.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury’s verdict of murder in the second degree.

Defendant lived as man and wife with a Mrs. Maria Theresa Camacho. Her two daughters, one of whom was the victim of the homicide, were also members of the household. According to the State’s case, defendant was intimate with both girls, and the deceased, age 15, was pregnant by him. The fatal attack followed ah -innocuous- scene involving the deceased and. a male'.:.friend, of defendant. Defendant says he interpreted what he saw to mean that his…