Date: 11-20-2015

Case Style: State of Connecticut v. Abimael Ramos

Case Number: FBT -CR14-0278192-T

Judge: Maria Kahn

Court: Superior Court, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Plaintiff's Attorney: Michel DeJoseph

Defendant's Attorney: Not Available

Description: Bridgeport, CT - Defendant convicted of killing longtime girlfriend

The State of Connecticut charged Abimael Ramos, age 31, with first-degree murder for shooting and killing his longtime girlfriend, Luz Morales, on May 23, 2011.

Defendant claimed that Morales was shot by one of two men who invaded his home and that Morales was upstairs taking a shower and that, during a struggle with the men, one fired the short that killed Morales.

The State claimed that the forensic evidence collected at the scene is not conform to Ramos' description of what happened on the night to the killing.

A search of the resident resulted in the discovery or a large amount of marijuana, money and guns.



Sec. 53a-55. Manslaughter in the first degree: Class B felony. (a) A person is guilty of manslaughter in the first degree when: (1) With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person; or (2) with intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person under circumstances which do not constitute murder because he committed the proscribed act or acts under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance, as provided in subsection (a) of section 53a-54a, except that the fact that homicide was committed under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance constitutes a mitigating circumstance reducing murder to manslaughter in the first degree and need not be proved in any prosecution initiated under this subsection; or (3) under circumstances evincing an extreme indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes the death of another person.

(b) Manslaughter in the first degree is a class B felony.

Outcome: Guilty of first-degree manslaughter. Defendant faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison.

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