Man Convicted of Fatal Stabbing Outside of Anaheim Restaurant

Published on April 10, 2024

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 28-year-old man was convicted April 9 of fatally stabbing a man in an Anaheim restaurant parking lot. Armando Andrei Urbina-Martinez was convicted of second-degree murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. Jurors began deliberating at the end of the day March 28 and reached a verdict after six days Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Urbina-Martinez, who is scheduled to be sentenced June 21, killed 22-year-old Cody Stewart on Oct. 30, 2020, outside the Las Brisas Mexican restaurant at 1734 S. Euclid St. Mr. Stewart and two other friends—Daniel Canales and Zachary Chavez—went to Harvey’s Sports Bar at 1728 S. Euclid, but the bar was closed so they went to the restaurant in the same shopping center, prosecutors said....