An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who tried to arrest, but then killed, a man over conflicts stemming from their attachments to the same woman is slated to be sentenced next week.
An Indio jury in June convicted Oscar Rodriguez, 44, of voluntary manslaughter and a sentence-enhancing gun use allegation for the 2014 slaying of 39-year-old Luis Carlos Morin of Coachella. Jurors acquitted Rodriguez of first-degree murder.
The sentencing hearing is set for Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Superior Court Judge Otis Sterling may hand down a sentence of up to 21 years in state prison. The defendant is being held without bail at the Smith Correctional Facility…