Overview

• Superior Court Judge Otis Sterling imposed a 10-year state-prison term, then suspended it in favor of 365 days in county jail and 10 years of formal probation, with 194 days of credit applied.
• An Indio jury in June convicted Oscar Rodriguez of voluntary manslaughter and a gun-use enhancement and acquitted him of first-degree murder.
• Prosecutors urged a 10-year state-prison sentence and argued the lighter punishment minimizes the crime's gravity.
• Prosecutors said Rodriguez, using a patrol unit and acting alone, swept Luis Carlos Morin’s legs during an attempted arrest and then shot him, while the defense said he fired in self-defense.
• Morin’s family previously secured a $7 million wrongful-death settlement with the county, and an accessory charge against Diana Perez was dismissed in April.