A Denver jury convicted him of killing a baby 27 years ago. Now the DA agrees his conviction should be erased.
- Posted on April 20, 2026
- By The Denver Post
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A Denver jury convicted him of killing a baby 27 years ago. Now the DA agrees his conviction should be erased.

Stephen Martinez, 58, was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 4-month-old Heather Mares, his attorneys wrote in a petition for post-conviction relief filed Friday.