Introduction – Introducción Manuel Vega was convicted, on purely circumstantial evidence of smothering and strangeling his wife. He is currently serving an indeterminated term of incarceration of 25 years to life. On August 18, 1999 Johana Vega was found in her apartment strangled and asphyxiated to death. Her husband, Manuel Vega, did not seem distraught. Mr. Vega was interviewed and released. He was not arrested until nine months later when the police discovered a history of uncharged domestic violence in the years prior to the homicide. Brief for Appellant Manuel Vega (pdf, 44 pages) I. Evidence of Uncharged Crimes Should Not Have Been Admitted atRead More →