P. v. Martinez-Hernandez CA1/2
Defendant Marco Martinez-Hernandez (aka Marco Antonio Martinez-Hernandez) refused to believe his wife’s repeated denials that she was unfaithful to him. His efforts to get the wife to confirm his suspicions turned violent, towards her and their four children. Threats of her dismemberment by knife or machete, and execution of her children by bullet failed to elicit her confession. Ultimately, in the children’s presence, defendant beat his wife, cut her with a knife, and hit her with a baseball bat.
Based on the evidence of these events, a jury found defendant guilty of more than two dozen felonies and misdemeanors, for which he was sentenced to state prison for an aggregate term of more than 50 years.
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