State v. Carrilo

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant, Eliseo Bustos Carrilo, was charged with the first degree murder of Brian Noe Gomez-Arellanes, an eight-month-old infant. A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant appeals.

The State’s evidence tended to show that defendant began living with Laticia Marin and her son, Brian, in February 2000. Defendant was not Brian’s father. From February until 24 April 2000, the date of Brian’s death, defendant, Ms. Marin, Brian, and Ms. Marin’s brother, Antonio Arellanes lived in a two-bedroom apartment. Ms. Marin, defendant, and…