PEOPLE v. MALDONADO

No. 1-07-2222.

928 N.E.2d 18 (2010)

393 Ill. App.3d 672

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcelino MALDONADO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender (Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Levi S. Harris, Assistant Appellate Defender), Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County (James E. Fitzgerald, Mary Needham, William L. Toffenetti, Assistant State's Attorneys) Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Marcelino Maldonado, was convicted on May 1, 2007, by a jury of the first-degree murder of Maribel Jiminez, his former lover, and the attempt first-degree murder of William Saquimux, Jiminez's then-current lover. The State's theory of the case was that defendant became enraged when he learned that Jiminez, who had jilted him the day before, was with another lover, and he went to her...

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