People v. Solis

Defendant, charged with first-degree murder, was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

There was no dispute surrounding the specific facts of the crime itself. The evidence adduced at trial, most simply put, reveals that the defendant shot and killed one Margo Garcia on December 25, 1968, following an argument over the treatment of a dog owned by the victim’s brother. In light of the posture of the case as presented to this Court there is no need for further elaboration of the facts.

On appeal, defendant alleges the court committed reversible error in…