State v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

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1. “Javier Mautino, the assault victim, is the brother of the defendant's former girlfriend, Maria Ortiz. After Ortiz ended their relationship in 1984, the defendant remained angry at her and blamed her family for interfering with their romance. On February 3, 1987, in a taped telephone conversation with Ortiz, the defendant threatened to kill her brother, Mautino. In June 1988, shortly before the incident underlying the defendant's conviction, the defendant placed several calls to Ortiz' sister, Sonia Fraser, telling her that he planned to kill Mautino. "On the evening of July 1, 1988, Mautino and Fernando Fuentes, the murder victim, were at the Peruvian Club in Hartford. The defendant, who was also present, argued with Mautino and challenged him to a fight outside. Mautino declined and the defendant, calling him a coward, departed. When Mautino and Fuentes left shortly thereafter, the defendant who had remained outside the club, shot both men. Fuentes died from his wounds and Mautino, although surviving the assault, died from cancer before the trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 16770 - Rivera v. Warden, No. Cv92-1467 (Dec. 30, 1999)

2. “one count of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a), one count of criminal attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-49 (a)(2), and one count of CT Page 16771 assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a)(1). . . . On July 13, 1990, a jury rendered a guilty verdict on all counts. The trial court [ Miano, J. ] sentenced the defendant to three terms of imprisonment: fifty years for the first count of murder; twenty years for the second count of attempted murder; and twenty years for the third count of assault in the first degree. The second and third counts were to run concurrently and both were to run consecutively with the first count for a total effective sentence of seventy years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 16770 - Rivera v. Warden, No. Cv92-1467 (Dec. 30, 1999)