An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who tried to arrest, but then killed, a man over conflicts stemming from their attachments to the same woman is slated for sentencing Tuesday.

An Indio jury in June convicted Oscar Rodriguez, 44, of voluntary manslaughter and a sentence-enhancing gun use allegation for the 2014 slaying of 39-year-old Luis Carlos Morin of Coachella. Jurors acquitted Rodriguez of first-degree murder.

Superior Court Judge Otis Sterling may hand down a sentence of up to 21 years in state prison.

The defendant is being held without bail at the Smith Correctional Facility.

“Mr. Rodriguez is a liar and a deceitful person,” Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Garcia told jurors in her closing statement in June. “He employed cowboy tactics.”

At the time of the shooting, th

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