People v. Ruibal

Opinion by JUDGE TAUBMAN

¶ 1 Defendant, George J. Ruibal, appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence to forty years imprisonment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder. Addressing an issue of first impression, we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting expert testimony premised on the theory that victim "overkill" suggests that a perpetrator in a domestic violence situation had a real or perceived emotional attachment to the victim.

¶ 2 Therefore, we affirm the judgment. We also affirm Ruibal's sentence.

I. Background

¶ 3 The…