Houston man gets 60 years for deadly stabbing of common-law wife
Xavier A. Martinez (Photo: Harris County District Attorney's Office)
HOUSTON - A Houston man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the deadly stabbing of his common-law wife in 2018, officials say.
According to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Xavier Alejandro Martinez, 28, was convicted of murder by a jury after a week-long trial and sentenced by a judge on Monday.
He will have to serve half of the sentence before he can be considered for parole.
Martinez was charged in the deadly stabbing of Josselin Yamileth, 32, at their apartment in the 4000 block of Galveston Road on May 23, 2018.