PEOPLE v. ORTIZ

Docket No. 224331.

642 N.W.2d 417 (2002)

249 Mich. App. 297

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Domingo ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 30, 2001.

Approved for publication January 18, 2002, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication April 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John G. McBain, Prosecuting Attorney, and Jerrold Schrotenboer, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Martin J. Beres, St. Clair Shores, for the defendant on appeal.

Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and HOEKSTRA and MARKEY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree, premeditated murder, M.C.L. § 750.316(1)(a), for the murder of his exwife, Jennifer Ortiz. The trial court sentenced him to mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm.

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Defendant first argues that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction. We disagree. We "view the evidence...

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