From the City & Region staff at The Boston Globe
SJC rejects appeal of Springfield man convicted of sexually motivated murder
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February 28, 2008 11:09 AM
By Globe Staff
The state’s highest court today rejected a bid for a new trial from a man who was convicted of a sexually motivated slaying in Springfield in 1993.
Kevin Montez was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his 27-year-old neighbor, Joan Andres, a lawyer who was found dead in her apartment Jan. 14, 1993. Andres had been stabbed and shot, and was found naked with her ankles tied to her bed with nylon stockings.
Montez, who is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole, argued in his appeal that his trial judge made several mistakes. The SJC rejected all of his claims.
