People v. Maldonado

JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON

delivered the opinion 1 of the court:

Defendant, Marcelino Maldonado, was convicted on May 1, 2007, by a jury of the first-degree murder of Maribel Jiminez, his former lover, and the attempted first-degree murder of William Saquimux, Jiminez’s then current lover. The State’s theory of the case was that defendant became enraged when he learned that Jiminez, who had jilted him the day before, was with another lover, and he went to her apartment, found the two lovers and stabbed them both, killing Jiminez and wounding Saquimux. Defendant was sentenced on June 4, 2007, to…