State v. Ulibarri

HENSLEY, District Judge.

Jose V. Ulibarri was convicted, of murder in the first degree. The jury specified life imprisonment as the punishment. The defendant now appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the District Court of Guadalupe County.

The background of the fatal incident discloses that Jose Valentin Ulibarri, the appellant, is a widower. For some four or five years immediately preceding January 1, 1959, the appellant and Rosa Flores had cohabited in the home of Rosa Flores. On New Year’s Day, 1959, the appellant and Rosa Flores awoke, breakfasted and proceeded to…