PEOPLE v. VIRAMONTES

No. 1-13-0075.

20 N.E.3d 25 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 130075

386 Ill. Dec. 164

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis VIRAMONTES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Adam and Lauren Kaeseberg , both of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Miles J. Keleher , and Lisanne Pugliese , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HYMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 A newlywed, defendant Luis Viramontes, discovered his wife's infidelity by reading text messages and seeing naked pictures she exchanged with her lover. Married for only a few months after a 16-year relationship and two children, Luis confronted her and she admitted to the liaisons. He then brutally beat her as she struggled to defend herself. She later died from...

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