In no-surprise vigorous closing arguments, lawyers in the Quintanilla siblings murder trial on Wednesday built vastly divergent views of the evidence and what it shows about an Oct. 2021 fatal shooting in Fairfield that led to the death of a 19-year-old woman.
Deputy District Attorney Ilana Shapiro, in her first statement, noted “the overwhelming evidence against the defendants,” briefly pointing to Jessica Yesenia Quintanilla and her brother, Marco Antonio Quintanilla, seated at the defense table.
Jessica Quintanilla, 24, of Pittsburg, allegedly shot and killed Leilani Beauchamp, of Carmel, on the morning of Oct. 30 in a Cascade Lane home while she was lying in bed with Juan Parra-Peralta, with whom Quintanilla once had a romantic relationship with. Marco Quintanilla, 30, also of Pittsburg, is accused of being an accessory after the fact and being a felon in possession of a firearm…