By Malaika Fraley
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 02/23/2010 01:55:01 PM PST
Updated: 02/23/2010 01:55:02 PM PST
MARTINEZ — An Oakland man was convicted Monday of stabbing to death his estranged wife on Fish Ranch Road above the Caldecott Tunnel in 2008.
A jury deliberated for about an hour before finding Robert Woods, 48, guilty of second-degree murder with use of a knife in the death of Oakland resident Elnora Caldwell, 46, on Oct. 25, 2008.
The defense, which was arguing for a manslaughter conviction, contended that Woods was desperate to reconcile with Caldwell and that the killing occurred in the heat of passion.
Woods faces 16 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on March 19.
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