Upon pleading guilty to Manslaughter in the killing of her husband, David Quinonez, Cathi Quinonez requested the judge assess her punishment. After three days of testimony, Honorable Judge Russell Wilson sentenced Quinonez to 12 years in prison. She must serve 6 years before she is eligible for parole. The punishment range for manslaughter is 2 to 20 years in prison, with eligibility for probation. All week, the district courtroom was filled with many of David’s close family and friends. The defense argued the 60 year old defendant deserved deferred adjudication, and ADA Ryan Wright stressed 20 years was the appropriate punishment. While nothing about this week lessens the pain for our victim’s family, it closes this chapter and allows them to move forward in the healing process. We are grateful for the investigative work of Isaac Chia, Robbie Newman, Gavin Lindsay, and Max Peralta with Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office, as well as my prosecutors Ryan Wright, Kenny Lam, Erika Price, and Analyst Karen Dziuk for fighting hard for justice for David Quinones.
