People v. Mandez

Opinion by

Judge PLANK.

Defendant, Samuel Mandez, appeals a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree felony murder. We affirm.

In 1992, when defendant was fourteen years old, a 78-year-old woman who lived alone was severely beaten and her throat was cut, resulting in her death.

During the resulting investigation, the police recovered approximately 40 finger and palm prints from the intact and broken glass, as well as the frame, of a basement window of the victim’s house. Those prints did not match any then on file or of anyone the police investigated.…