People v. Delgado

In 2004, a grand jury indicted defendant Adan Delgado for the 1983 murder of Jaime Otero. The trial judge convicted Delgado of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to seven years in prison following a bench trial. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court should have dismissed the indictment due to unreasonable preindictment delay, the evidence did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance, and the court imposed an improper sentence. We remand to the trial court for completion of the inquiry into preindictment delay, and we…