Overview

• Judge Otis Sterling imposed a 10-year state prison term but suspended it, ordering 365 days in county jail and 10 years of probation.
• An Indio jury in June found Oscar Rodriguez guilty of voluntary manslaughter and a gun-use enhancement and acquitted him of first-degree murder.
• The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office publicly objected to the outcome and had urged a mid-term 10-year state prison sentence.
• Rodriguez received 194 days of custody credit for time already served, reducing his remaining county jail time.
• Prosecutors say he learned Luis Morin’s location from Diana Perez, confronted him alone under a claimed warrant, and fired one shot during a struggle, with the accessory charge against Perez dismissed in April.