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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2010 21:30:02 GMT -6
List of All California DR inmates to go here....
ABBOTT JOE ABEL JOHN ABILEZ FRANK ACREMANT ROBERT ADAMS MARCUS ADCOX KEITH AGUAYO JOSEPH AGUIRRE JASON ALCALA RODNEY ALEXANDER ANDRE ALFARO MARIA ALLEN MICHAEL ALLISON WATSON ALVAREZ ALBERTO ALVAREZ FRANCISCO ALVAREZ MANUEL AMEZCUA OSWALDO ANDERSON ERIC ANDERSON JAMES ANDREWS JESSE ARGUETA CARLOS ARIAS PEDRO ARMSTRONG CRAIG ARMSTRONG JAMELLE ASHMUS TROY AVENA CARLOS AVILA ALEJANDRO AVILA JOHNNY AVILA JOSEPH AYALA HECTOR AYALA RONALDO BACIGALUPO MIGUEL BACON ROBERT BAKER PAUL BANKS KELVYN BANKSTON ANTHONY BARNETT MAX BARNWELL LAMAR BARRERA MARCO BARRETT JOSEPH BATTLE THOMAS BEAMES JOHN BECERRA FRANK BECERRADA RUBEN BECK JAMES BEELER RODNEY BELL MICHAEL BELL RONALD BELL STEVEN BELMONTES FERNANDO BELTRAN JULIAN BEMORE TERRY BENAVIDES VINCENTE BENNETT ERIC BENSON RICHARD BERRYMAN RODNEY BERTSCH JOHN BITTAKER LAWRENCE BIVERT KENNETH BLACKSHER ERVEN BLAIR JAMES BLOOM ROBERT BOLDEN CLIFFORD BOLIN PAUL BONILLA STEVEN BOOKER RICHARD BOX CHRISTOPHER BOYCE KEVIN BOYER RICHARD BOYETTE MAURICE BRACAMONTES MANUEL BRADFORD MARK BRADY ROGER BRAMIT MICHAEL BRANNER WILLIE BRASURE SPENCER BREAUX DAVID BRENTS GARY BREWER DENNIS BROOKS DONALD BROTHERS VINCENT BROWN ALBERT BROWN ANDREW BROWN JOHN BROWN STEVEN BRYANT STANLEY BUENROSTRO DORA BUNYARD JERRY BURGENER MICHAEL BURNEY SHAUN BURTON ANDRE BUTLER RAYMOND CAGE MICKY CAIN ANTHONY CAIN TRACY CAMACHO ADRIAN CAPERS LEE CAPISTRANO JOHN CARASI PAUL CARDENAS REFUGIO CAREY DEWAYNE CARO FERNANDO CARO SOCORRO CARPENTER DAVID CARRASCO ROBERT CARRERA CONSTANTINO CARRINGTON CELESTE CARTER DEAN CARTER TRACEY CASARES JOSE CASE CHARLES CASTANEDA GABRIEL CATLIN STEVEN CHAMPION STEVEN CHARLES EDWARD CHATMAN ERIK CHAVEZ JUAN CHEATHAM STEVEN CHHOUN RUN CHISM CALVIN CHOYCE WILLIAM CLAIR KENNETH CLARK DOUGLAS CLARK RICHARD CLARK ROYAL CLARK WILLIAM CLEVELAND DELLANO CODDINGTON HERBERT COFFMAN CYNTHIA COLBERT TECUMSEH COLE STEPHEN COLLINS SCOTT COMBS MICHAEL CONTRERAS GEORGE COOK JOSEPH COOK MICHAEL COOK WALTER COOPER KEVIN COOPER LEON CORDOVA JOSEPH CORNWELL GLEN COVARRUBIAS DANIEL COWAN ROBERT COX MICHAEL COX TIEQUON CRAWFORD CHARLES CREW MARK CRITTENDEN STEVEN CRUMMEL JAMES CRUZ GERALD CRUZ TOMAS CUDJO ARMENIA CUMMINGS RAYNARD CUNNINGHAM ALBERT CUNNINGHAM JOHN CURL ROBERT DALTON KERRY DANIELS DAVID DANIELS JACKSON DANKS JOSEPH D'ARCY JONATHAN DAVEGGIO JAMES DAVENPORT JOHN DAVIS RICHARD DAVIS STANLEY DEBOSE DONALD DEEN OMAR DEERE RONALD DEHOYOS RICHARD DELEON SKYLAR DELGADO ANTHONY DEMENT RONNIE DEMETRULIAS GREGORY DEMOLLE ALEX DENNIS CALVIN DENNIS WILLIAM DENT ANTHONY DEPRIEST TIM DIAZ ROBERT DICKEY COLIN DIXON JAMES DONALDSON JASON DOOLIN KEITH DREWS MARTIN DUENAS ENRIQUE DUFF DEWEY DUNCAN HENRY DUNKLE JOHN DUNLAP DEAN DUONG ANH DWORAK DOUGLAS DYKES ERNEST EARP RICKY EDWARDS ROBERT ELLIOT MICHAEL ELLIOTT MARCHAND ENRACA SONNY ERSKINE SCOTT ERVIN CURTIS ERVINE DENNIS ESPINOZA ANTONIO ESPINOZA JOHNNY EUBANKS SUSAN EVANS STEVE FAIRBANKS ROBERT FAMALARO JOHN FARLEY RICHARD FARNAM JACK FAUBER CURTIS FIELDS STEVIE FIERRO DAVID FLINNER MICHAEL FLORES ALFRED FLORES JOSEPH FLORES RALPH FORD WAYNE FOSTER RICHARD FRAZIER ROBERT FREDERICKSON DANIEL FRIEDMAN KENNETH FRIEND JACK FRYE JERRY FUDGE KEITH FUIAVA FREDDIE GAMACHE RICHARD GARCIA RANDY GARTON TODD GATES OSCAR GAY KENNETH GEIER CHRISTOPHER GEORGE JOHNATON GHENT DAVID GHOBRIAL JOHN GIVENS TODD GOMEZ REUBEN GONZALES FRANK GONZALES IVAN GONZALES JOHN GONZALES VERONICA GONZALEZ JESSE GORDON PATRICK GOVIN PRAVIN GOVIN VIRENDRA GRAY MARIO GRIFFIN DONALD GRIMES GARY GUERRA JOSE GUERRERO JOSE GUTIERREZ ALFRED HAJEK STEPHEN HALE BRIAN HALEY KEVIN HALVORSEN ARTHUR HAMILTON ALEXANDER HAMILTON BERNARD HAMILTON MICHAEL HARDY JAMES HARDY WARREN HARRIS KAI HARRIS LANELL HARRIS MAURICE HARRIS WILLIE HART WILLIAM HARTSCH CISCO HASKET RANDY HAWKINS JEFFREY HAWTHORNE ANDERSON HAWTHORNE CARLOS HAYES BLUFFORD HAYES ROYAL HAZLETT LARRY HEARD JAMES HEISHMAN HARVEY HELZER GLENN HELZER JUSTIN HENDERSON PAUL HENRIQUEZ CHRISTOPHER HENSLEY PAUL HERNANDEZ FRANCIS HERNANDEZ GEORGE HILL 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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2010 21:35:37 GMT -6
Joe Henry Abbott – black, age 29 Sentenced to death in San Bernardino County, California By: A jury Date of crime: October 2000 Prosecution’s case/defense response: Abbott murdered bank security guard Samuel Saenz as Saenz was wheeling a sack of money through the bank lobby. Abbott fired two nonfatal shots that knocked Saenz down, then walked over and fired a fatal shot to the head. He escaped with $225,000 that has never been recovered. A make-up artist testified at trial that he was paid by Abbott to disguise him as an elderly white man. The getaway driver, Edward White, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Accomplices Lenard Wilkes, Frewoini Berhane, and Brenda Maza took a plea deal and testified against Abbott. Defense claimed that White was the actual killer because Abbott transferred the disguise makeup to him after being trained by the artist on how to do it. At sentencing, defense argued he suffered from mental disorders www.ajs.org/jc/death//2006/jc_death_cases1qtr.asp
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Post by DeadElvis on Mar 29, 2010 21:38:59 GMT -6
I realize, of course, that is an "expansive list" to say the least. Lawrence Bittaker, however, should count as an especially "forgotten" item on that list. His confessed torture killings occured in the late 70's. I mean, come on! DR doesn't even mean "awaiting" to be executed anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2010 21:44:16 GMT -6
And the number of their victims would be ever so much longer.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2010 21:51:48 GMT -6
And the number of their victims would be ever so much longer. Identifying who they murdered via the internet will probably take hours of research. In fact a few of them have been sentenced to death several times, and many have killed more then once, but perhaps may only be sentenced to death for 1 killing
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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Mar 30, 2010 3:54:01 GMT -6
And the number of their victims would be ever so much longer. I was going to say - the list of victims probably wouldn't fit on the page
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2010 15:17:18 GMT -6
ABEL JOHN John Abel was convicted for murdering Armando Miller, 26 on Jan 4 1991. He shot Miller once in the head and stole 20,000$ in cash Miller had just withdrawn for his families check cashing business. The Victim was the father of a girl. He is also sentenced to 44 years for various other crimes He was convicted in 1997. (Note, I couldn't find any of the legal decisions relating to this crime, but there are other legal decisions on the web relating to Abel's other crimes) Abel was a serial Armed Robber articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/27/local/me-36683
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ABILEZ FRANK In short he is on death row for raping and murdering his mother Statement of Detailed Facts scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5424477055780764626THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANK MANUEL ABILEZ, Defendant and Appellant. S066377 Supreme Court of California Filed June 28, 2007 Russell S. Babcock, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Sharlene A. Honnaka and David E. Madeo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. WERDEGAR, J. A jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court convicted Frank Manuel Abilez in 1997 of the first degree murder of his mother, Beatrice Abilez Loza (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated), forcible sodomy (§ 286, subd. (c)), first degree robbery (§ 211), two counts of first degree burglary (§ 459) and grand theft of a vehicle (former § 487h, subd. (a), see now § 487, subd. (d)). The jury also sustained special circumstance allegations that Abilez committed a murder while engaged in the commission of a robbery, sodomy and burglary. (§ 190.2, former subd. (a)(17)(i), (iv) & (vii), see now subd. (a)(17)(A), (D) & (G).) In addition, the jury sustained an allegation that defendant caused great bodily injury to a person over 60 years of age. (§ 1203.09, subd. (a).) Defendant waived a jury for determination of his prior convictions, and the trial court sustained allegations that he had suffered two prior serious felony convictions (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)), had previously served four separate terms in prison for felony convictions (§ 667.5, subd. (b)), and had suffered two prior felony convictions within the meaning of the "Three Strikes" law (§§ 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)). On October 16, 1997, the jury set the penalty at death under the 1978 death penalty law. (§ 190.1 et seq.) This appeal is automatic. (§ 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm. I. Guilt Phase A. Facts Beatrice Abilez Loza (Loza), 68 years old at the time of her murder, lived in La Puente. She had 10 children, including defendant, although he was raised by someone else. Two of her other children, Susie Carlon (Carlon) and John "Chachi" Loza (Chachi), lived with her, each in a separate bedroom. The victim often allowed family members to use her spare bedroom. On March 14, 1996, defendant and Loza's nephew, Albert Vieyra (Vieyra), were staying in the spare bedroom, but Loza quarreled with them and told them to leave the next day. Carlon recalled that on March 15, defendant left the house around 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. She left the house around noon to go to Stateline, Nevada, with her friend Annette Jordan; at that time, she saw defendant returning to the house. Another of Loza's children, Johnny Garcia, lived a short distance away, and on March 15 he came by the house around 5:00 p.m. to borrow some money from his mother. He stayed 15 or 20 minutes. At that time, he noticed Loza's car was in the driveway, which was normal because his mother never put the car in the garage. When he left, Loza and Chachi were the only ones in the house. As he often did, Garcia called his mother that night around 10:45 p.m. to ensure she was "safe and okay." Concerned when she did not answer her telephone, he went to her house. Her car was not in the driveway and the outside light was turned off, both of which were unusual. When no one responded to his knocking and ringing the doorbell, he entered the house through a window. Once in the house, Garcia noticed the door to Carlon's bedroom was broken. Finding the door to his mother's room locked, he sought out his brother Chachi. Chachi, surprised on seeing his brother in the house, told Garcia their mother was in her room. Garcia then forced open a window to his mother's bedroom and entered, finding her lying facedown in the room with a sock knotted around her neck. Her pants had been pulled down and her shirt pulled up. Garcia called the police from the bedroom; he later determined the telephone in the kitchen had been pulled from the wall and that Loza's car was missing. James Ribe, a medical examiner for Los Angeles County, conducted an autopsy on the victim and concluded she died of "asphyxia due to ligature strangulation." In addition, Ribe found evidence of "forcible rectal insertion" occurring while she was still alive. A criminalist later determined the presence of spermatozoa in the victim's rectum, but the amount was insufficient to conduct a DNA test. Leonard Mercado, apparently one of defendant's acquaintances, testified that late in the evening of March 15, 1996, defendant and Vieyra drove up to a house in La Puente and asked whether anyone wanted to buy any of the electronic equipment they had in the car. Around 3:00 a.m. the morning of March 16, Colton Police Officer Kenneth Kiecolt stopped the car defendant was driving for having a broken license plate light. Vieyra was a passenger in the car. A license plate check indicated the car was wanted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, so Officer Kiecolt arrested both defendant and Vieyra and had their car impounded. After Colton Police transferred custody of defendant and Vieyra to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Deputy Sean Harold secretly recorded them in the back of his car. Although much of the tape is unintelligible, one person could be heard to say in Spanish: "No, don't say anything." At another point, someone says: "Just say we were lost on the freeway." Someone also says: "No, but we left and that's it." It could not be determined who said what. When arrested, Vieyra had scratches and abrasions on his face. A shirt, determined to belong to Vieyra, was recovered from the car; because it was stained, it was sent for analysis. A criminalist later determined the stain was from Vieyra's blood. Police also found empty beer cans and a red pajama top in the car. Loza would not have left beer cans in her car and, in fact, did not drink. The red pajama top belonged to Carlon and had been taken from her room. Chachi, Loza's son who resided with her, had previously suffered an accident and was physically disabled at the time of trial. He testified initially that on the night in question, both defendant and Vieyra were in the victim's bedroom arguing with her. He later clarified that he heard only defendant in the room, which was consistent with his statement to the police who investigated the crime. From his bedroom, Chachi heard someone opening and closing drawers in his mother's bedroom. When Carlon learned of her mother's murder, she returned home. She found the lock on her bedroom door had been broken and her bedroom ransacked. Missing were a compact disc player, a case with about 60 discs inside, a cassette tape player and her wallet. Stereo equipment was also missing from Loza's bedroom. Candina Bravo, defendant's niece, testified defendant came to her home around 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 1996, to borrow money, but she had none to give him. She recalled that sometime in the two weeks before Loza's death, defendant told her: "I hate that *f---ing* *bi+ch*. She keeps *f---ing* with me." A couple of months before that, he told her: "I hate that *f---ing* *bi+ch*. I want to kill her." Bravo said defendant's antipathy stemmed from the fact Loza raised her other nine children but "gave him up." Bravo also testified that Loza kicked defendant and Vieyra out of her house because they stole from her. Annette Jordan, Carlon's friend, testified she had been to the victim's home hundreds of times and confirmed that defendant and the victim argued about his eviction from the house during the two weeks leading up to the murder. She also reported hearing defendant attempt to borrow Loza's car, but she never saw Loza agree to lend it. Gabriel Arce, the teenage son of defendant's girlfriend, testified that sometime before the murder, he heard defendant say that when Loza would not give him money, defendant would just take money from her purse, and that he wanted to kill her. Rachel Arce, defendant's sometime girlfriend, also testified defendant hated his mother. Codefendant Vieyra testified in his own defense. He testified that on the day in question he ran into defendant, his cousin, in the parking lot of a shopping center. Defendant appeared to be under the influence of heroin and was holding a quart bottle of beer, which he proceeded to drink that afternoon. Defendant told Vieyra he was angry at his mother. They went together, first to a friend's house and then to the victim's home, arriving around 3:40 p.m. After staying a short time, they went to a corner store where they bought and consumed two 12-ounce beers. After running some errands in the neighborhood, the two returned to Loza's house. At that time, only Loza and Chachi were home. Vieyra noticed defendant was having an argument with Loza. Vieyra convinced defendant to leave, and they went to a bar, although they did not have anything to drink. The two then returned to Loza's house sometime after 5:00 p.m. Defendant went to his mother's bedroom, and Vieyra went to the bathroom to shave; at that time, he saw defendant in Loza's room and they were talking. When Vieyra was finished shaving, he heard Chachi come out of his room. Chachi called out his mother's name. Defendant came out of Loza's room and told Chachi to go back into his room. Defendant then reentered Loza's bedroom and closed the door. Vieyra went to wait in the living room. When defendant did not emerge from Loza's room for some time, Vieyra went and opened the door. He saw Loza lying on the floor on her stomach, with defendant sitting on her, straddling her "like on a horse." Defendant held a white cloth in his hands and it was around her neck; Vieyra heard a noise from her throat. Vieyra stood there a few seconds and then returned to the living room because he was scared. Less than two minutes later, defendant emerged from Loza's room and said "estuvo," which is slang for "it is done." Defendant then went to Carlon's room and, finding it locked, banged on the door until it opened. Vieyra helped defendant take items out of the house and load them into Loza's car. He did not know who pulled the telephone from the wall. After loading the car, they drove to a friend's home and unsuccessfully tried to sell the stolen property. They then stopped at another house, which defendant entered and did not come out of for 20 minutes. When he emerged, they moved all the items taken from Loza's home into the house. Defendant said he had received $120 for the stolen goods. They made a few more stops, but Vieyra fell asleep, possibly because he had snorted some heroin. Vieyra admitted that when he fell asleep, he urinated on himself. He took his shirt off because it had become soiled, and as they drove off, defendant began hitting him in the face as punishment for urinating in the car, causing the scratches on his face the police later observed. Vieyra testified that on the day of the murder, before he and defendant returned to Loza's house, defendant told him he wanted to kill Loza because she had called his adoptive mother a "puta," Spanish for "whore." Vieyra did not think defendant was serious because he had made comments like that in the past. When he encountered defendant in jail after their arrests, he asked him if he felt remorse for what he had done; defendant replied: "No, what for?" Vieyra testified he had been "very close" to his aunt, was upset about what had happened to her, and had volunteered to take a blood or saliva test to clear himself of the sodomy charge. He conceded he did not do anything to help Loza and that he had lied to police when initially questioned. He decided to tell the truth because of his conscience. He admitted to having suffered convictions for crimes of moral turpitude in 1985 and 1991. In his defense, defendant called Dr. Martin Porcelli, who explained the effect chronic alcohol abuse and heroin use can have on cognitive function. Defendant did not testify at the guilt phase of his trial. For his participation in the crimes against Loza, the jury convicted codefendant Vieyra of robbery, two counts of burglary, grand theft auto, but only second degree murder. The jury acquitted him of forcible sodomy.
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ACREMANT ROBERT - Information about his Oregon Death Sentence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Ellis_and_Michelle_AbdillOn December 4, 1995, Ellis went to an appointment with 27-year-old Robert Acremant to show him an apartment. Police believed the appointment was made earlier that day. Ellis failed to return several pages from her daughter, Lorri, during the day, and allegedly called at 4:00 p.m. to tell Lorri she was going shopping. Abdill left the office a 5:00 p.m. saying that she was leaving to help Ellis jump start her car after receiving a call that the car would not start. Later, Ellis' daughter drove over to the apartment complex where her mother was going to show the apartment and saw her mother's pickup. She said it pulled away from her when she tried to follow it.[1] Ellis and Abdill were not seen again until their bodies were discovered four days later in the back of Ellis' pickup truck by a cable TV worker who reported the vehicle to police.[2] The women were bound and gagged. Both had been shot in the head. Their bodies were wrapped in drapes and covered by cardboard boxes.[3] caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=or&vol=S44772&invol=1I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND As discussed below, defendant pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated murder for the deaths of two victims. The state introduced evidence of the following facts relating to those murders during defendant's subsequent penalty trial. Defendant murdered Roxanna Ellis ("Ellis") and Michelle Abdill ("Abdill") in Medford, Oregon, on December 4, 1995. Before her death, Ellis had operated a property management company with her daughter, Lori Ellis ("Lori"). On the morning of December 4, Ellis left her office for an 11:00 a.m. appointment to show a residence on Sheraton Court in Medford. When Ellis later missed a 2:00 p.m. appointment scheduled for that day, Lori became concerned for her mother. Lori repeatedly paged and called Ellis on her cellular telephone but initially received no response. Eventually, at about 4:00 p.m. that afternoon, Ellis telephoned Lori and told Lori that she was doing some shopping. Lori testified that Ellis normally responded immediately to any page or telephone call from Lori and that Ellis was uncharacteristically quiet during their telephone conversation. When Lori asked Ellis why she had missed her 2:00 p.m. appointment, Ellis responded that she must have had the wrong address. When Lori asked Ellis why she had not answered Lori's pages and telephone calls, Ellis responded that all the telephone circuits must have been busy. Abdill was Ellis's domestic partner. At about 4:30 p.m. on December 4, Abdill received a telephone call at her workplace. After she got off the telephone, Abdill informed a coworker that Ellis had a problem with her vehicle and that Abdill was leaving to help her. Abdill also left a message on Lori's telephone answering machine, stating that she was going to help Ellis with a dead battery and that she would call Lori back to let her know what was happening. Later that night, after she did not hear from either Ellis or Abdill again, Lori drove to the Sheraton Court residence where Ellis had had her 11:00 a.m. appointment. When she turned on to Sheraton Court, Lori saw Ellis's pickup truck driving away. Lori attempted to follow the truck and to get the driver's attention by honking and flashing her lights, but the driver did not stop and eventually eluded her. After she lost sight of the truck, Lori stopped at a service station and called Abdill's mother to tell her that "something was wrong." Lori then returned to the Sheraton Court residence, where she met with Dan Abdill ("Dan"), Abdill's brother. After finding Abdill's unlocked vehicle parked in front of that residence with Abdill's purse in plain view, Lori and Dan contacted the police. During their subsequent investigation of the disappearance of Ellis and Abdill, the police interviewed two neighbors of the Sheraton Court residence, Toni Newman ("Newman") and her then-14-year-old son Chris Newman ("Chris"), who also were tenants of Ellis. Chris reported that, on the afternoon of December 4, he had seen Ellis's truck parked in front of the Sheraton Court residence and then, later that evening, backed into the garage of that residence. Chris also reported that, on that same afternoon, he had spoken with a man –- whom he identified during the penalty trial as defendant -- in the driveway of the Sheraton Court residence. Chris reported that the man had told Chris that he was going to be Chris's new neighbor and that he was moving a few things. Newman also reported that, when she returned home from work on the evening of December 4, she had seen a man in front of the Sheraton Court residence. Both Newman and Chris described the man whom they had seen in front of the Sheraton Court residence to a police sketch artist. On December 7, 1995, Ellis's truck was located in a parking lot in Medford. The bodies of Ellis and Abdill were discovered in the bed of the truck, wrapped in drapes and covered by cardboard boxes and an assortment of other things. The bodies of both women had been bound with duct tape, and both women had been shot twice in the head. A witness, Van Duser, reported to the police that, on the evening of December 4, he had seen and spoken with a man –- whom he identified during the penalty trial as defendant –- who had parked Ellis's truck in that parking lot and then walked away. Van Duser also described the man whom he had seen in the parking lot to a police sketch artist. On December 10, 1995, defendant's mother, Bradshaw, contacted the police to report her fear that defendant might be responsible for the murders of Ellis and Abdill based upon defendant's behavior on the day of their disappearance and his resemblance to the composite sketch that the police had publicized of the suspect in the case. Bradshaw informed the police that she recently had moved from California to Medford with defendant and that, when they first had arrived in Medford, Ellis had taken them to view the residence on Sheraton Court. During that interview, Bradshaw showed the police cardboard boxes that she had used during her move to Medford. The police recognized address labels on those boxes as matching address labels found on boxes covering the victims' bodies in Ellis's truck. That same day, the police interviewed defendant's brother, Kenneth Acremant, Jr. ("Kenneth Jr."), who also resided in Medford. Kenneth Jr. reported that, before the disappearance of Ellis and Abdill, defendant had made a telephone call from Kenneth Jr.'s workplace, the "Tiki Lodge." A caller identification device on Ellis's telephone showed that Ellis had received a telephone call from the "Tiki Lodge." Subsequently, after obtaining a copy of defendant's fingerprints from the California Department of Justice, the police identified fingerprints found on the duct tape wrapping the victims' bodies as belonging to defendant. The police also identified fingerprints found inside the Sheraton Court residence as belonging to defendant. In addition, the police determined that a footprint found on the bumper of Ellis's truck was consistent with tennis shoes that belonged to defendant. At approximately 4:15 a.m. on December 13, 1995, defendant was arrested in Stockton, California. Pursuant to a warrant, the police searched the motel room where they had found and arrested defendant. During that search, the police discovered a .25 caliber gun that later proved to be the weapon used in the murders of Ellis and Abdill. The police also found a homemade silencer device covered with DNA material that later proved to be consistent with being a mixture of DNA material from both Ellis and Abdill. Subsequently to his arrest, defendant made several statements to the police in which he confessed to the murders of Ellis and Abdill, as well as confessed to the unrelated murder of a man, Scott George ("George"), in Visalia, California. In his statements about the Ellis and Abdill murders, defendant told the police that, on the morning of December 4, 1995, he had used the telephone at the Tiki Lodge to set up an 11:00 a.m. appointment with Ellis to view the residence on Sheraton Court as part of a robbery plan. Defendant reported that he had targeted Ellis because he had thought that her position as a property manager would give her access to large sums of cash. When Ellis met defendant at the Sheraton Court residence, defendant handcuffed her and took her purse, but came to realize over the course of the day that Ellis lacked means to make immediate withdrawals of cash from either her credit cards or from the bank accounts of the property management company. Eventually, defendant allowed Ellis to telephone her daughter to explain her absence from the office. In an effort to salvage his robbery plan, defendant also directed Ellis to telephone Abdill and to ask Abdill to come to the Sheraton Court residence. After Abdill arrived, defendant tied up and gagged both women. Later that evening, he forced Ellis and Abdill to climb into the back of Ellis's truck. Defendant subsequently shot both women twice, drove them to the parking lot where their bodies later were discovered, and then covered their bodies with materials that he found in Ellis's truck. The next morning, defendant returned to the parking lot and covered the victims' bodies with additional cardboard boxes that he had brought. California to Oregon. For his crimes against Ellis and Abdill, the state charged defendant with four counts of aggravated murder, ORS 163.095(1)(d) and ORS 163.095(2)(d) (counts one to four of the indictment); (2) two counts of first-degree kidnaping, ORS 163.235(1)(c) (counts five and six); (3) and one count of first-degree robbery, ORS 164.415(1)(a) (count seven). (4) On September 11, 1996, defendant pleaded guilty to all the charged offenses, and the trial court sentenced defendant on the noncapital crimes. Beginning on September 23, 1997, the trial court conducted a separate penalty trial to allow a jury to determine defendant's sentences for the aggravated murder convictions. On October 27, 1997, the jury unanimously concluded as to both murders that defendant had acted deliberately, that he posed a continuing risk to society, and that he should receive a death sentence. (5) The trial court accordingly sentenced defendant to death for each murder. See ORS 163.150(1)(f) (trial court shall sentence defendant to death if jury affirmatively answers each issue under ORS 163.150(1)(b)). This court's automatic and direct review of defendant's judgments of convictions and sentences of death followed
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2010 6:46:59 GMT -6
ACREMANT ROBERT - California Death Sentence Note - There is ample information on the WWW about the crimes he committed that got him sentenced to death in Oregon. However there is some difficulty in finding information about the murder that placed him on Death Row in California.
Robert Acremant was sentenced to death for the murder of Scott George in Visalia, California during another bungled robbery. He was sentenced to death in 2002
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Post by Californian on Mar 31, 2010 8:43:16 GMT -6
The scummy-ass Richard Allan Davis was tried in my county (on a change of venue) for the kidnapping and murder of Polly Klaas, who was 14. Naturally, he had a previous record as long as his arm. He actually laughed during the interview in which he confessed to kidnapping and killing her. The bastard. They can't kill him soon enough for me.
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Post by wrench on Mar 31, 2010 16:37:26 GMT -6
I realize, of course, that is an "expansive list" to say the least. Lawrence Bittaker, however, should count as an especially "forgotten" item on that list. His confessed torture killings occured in the late 70's. I mean, come on! DR doesn't even mean "awaiting" to be executed anymore. i read an article in the local paper the other day. it said some people in cali are choosing to be tried on DP charges so they can get single cells. i guess if you're going for life, might as well get a single cell.
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Post by josephdphillips on Mar 31, 2010 16:47:35 GMT -6
i read an article in the local paper the other day. it said some people in cali are choosing to be tried on DP charges so they can get single cells. i guess if you're going for life, might as well get a single cell. It's what I would do. It makes perfect sense to me. It's sick, but the state goes out of its way to protect the condemned from harm, including self-harm, when it's the non-condemned that deserve the protection (if any murderer does).
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Post by Rev. Agave on Mar 31, 2010 20:37:45 GMT -6
If it were up to me, I would strangle them all one by one with my cold, bare hands. Or they could let me loose on DR with a chainsaw. I'd cut them up good, gut them, and make chili.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2010 22:30:18 GMT -6
Joseph Aguayo – Latino, age 36 Sentenced to death in Sacramento County, California By: A jury Date of crime: April 1979 Prosecution’s case/defense response: Through DNA evidence, Aguayo was convicted of killing Eva Chu, who was seven months pregnant at the time of her death. Aguayo was serving a 60 year sentence for kidnapping, rape and robbery of his ex-girlfriend when the district attorney’s office reviewed old cases, and discovered the match. The defense argued there was a possibility of human or machine error, and to not rely on DNA evidence. Defense also had witnesses who described a man that looked nothing like Aguayo drive away in Chu’s car. Prosecutor(s): Ernest Sawtelle Defense lawyer(s): Robert Blasier, Hayes Gable, Stacy Bogh Sources: The Sacramento Bee 5/2/03 (2006 WLNR 15927459), 10/3/06 (2006 WLNR 17165862), 10/27/06 (2006 WLNR 22909925), 11/10/06 (2006 WLNR 19585406), 12/22/06 (2006 WLNR 22401785) Go Back www.ajs.org/jc/death//2006/jc_death_cases4qtr.aspCASE OF INTEREST May 1, 2003 Case: People v. Joseph Aguayo Contact: Lana Wyant, Special Assistant Deputy District Attorney, (916) 874-5907 Sgt. Justin Risley, Sacramento Police Department, (916) 433-0809 The Sacramento District Attorney's Office and the Sacramento Police Department have prepared an arrest warrant and complaint charging Joseph Aguayo with the murder of 29-year-old Eva Chu and her unborn child. In addition, there are several special circumstances alleged including, kidnapping, rape, robbery and multiple murders. On April 17, 1979, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Eva Chu left her place of employment in downtown Sacramento to attend a doctor's appointment. She was 7 months pregnant at the time. When Mrs. Chu failed to show up for her doctor's appointment, she was reported missing by her family to the Sacramento Police Department. The Sacramento Police Department conducted an extensive investigation into her disappearance and learned that witnesses reported seeing Eva Chu kidnapped from a downtown parking garage by an unknown assailant. She was never seen alive again. On April 19, 1979, Eva Chu's car was found abandoned in the City of Sacramento. On April 21, 1979, her body was found in a wooded area near Watt Avenue and Longview Drive. An autopsy revealed that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled. She was found to be 7 months pregnant with a viable fetus. In August of 2002, the Sacramento District Attorney's Crime Laboratory was asked to perform DNA testing on items of evidence collected in this case. In October of 2002, the DNA profile obtained was submitted to the California Department of Justice Convicted Offender DNA Databank. In November a match or "Cold Hit" was made. Further DNA testing confirmed that Joseph Aguayo's DNA matched the DNA profile obtained in the Eva Chu case. Joseph Aguayo is currently serving a 60 year- to-life term at High Desert State Prison for attempted murder and kidnapping on an unrelated case. He is expected to be transported to Sacramento to face these charges within the next 10 days. The family of the victim has expressed that they do not wish to be contacted dvccsac.org/pr/Press%20releases/Pre%20PDFs/030501_aguayo.htm
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2010 5:44:11 GMT -6
AGUIRRE JASON Orange County Criminal Gang member gets death for murder of innocent 13-year-old By Coffey & Coffey on August 16, 2009 10:18 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks The Orange County Register reported. A veteran gang member whose street moniker is Slim sat without emotion today in a mustard-colored jail uniform Friday as judge sentenced him to death for the mistaken-identity murder of a 13-year-old boy. blog.orangecountycriminalattorney.net/2009/08/orange-county-criminal-gang-member-gets-death-for-murder-of-innocent-13-year-old.htmlJason A. Aguirre, 33, did not speak during the 30-minute hearing as he became the fifth Orange County convicted murderer to receive a death sentence this year. But he gave a brief tight-lipped nod to his mother, Patricia Martinez, as he was being led from the courtroom with his hands cuffed behind his back after she shouted, "we love you Jason." Aguirre was convicted in May of first-degree murder for gunning down junior high schooler Minh Cong Tran on Aug. 12, 2003, plus the special circumstances of committing the murder for the benefit of his gang. The same jury voted unanimously in June that Aguirre, a longtime member of the Dragon Family street gang, should be executed for the slaying of the teenager as he crouched down in fear in a car. Judge William R. Froeberg confirmed that death recommendation on Friday, commenting that Aguirre was "in essence a hired assassin," who committed "the cold, calculated murder of a young, vulnerable, innocent boy...the evidence supports the jury's verdict." Deputy District Attorney Sonia Balleste asked for the maximum punishment. She said Aguirre was an evil man who forfeited his right to live. "He took a wonderful, beautiful, young boy from all of us," Balleste said. The prosecutors also read poignant letters from Minh Tran's brother and sister before Froeberg confirmed the sentence. "The passing of my brother took a toll on my life as well as many others that are close to my brother," wrote Anh Tran, Minh's older brother who was wounded in the unprovoked shooting. "He was a great brother, great son, and a great friend." Sharon Hacker, one of the jurors who voted to give Aguirre the death penalty, watched the sentencing from the courtroom gallery. Hacker, 62, of Huntington Beach, said she wanted to see the case conclude and she wanted to be there in support of Minh Tran's family. "It was gratifying to hear the judge validate the very difficult decision we made," Hacker said. Aguirre and several colleagues in the Dragon Family gang mistakenly thought Minh Cong Tran and his uncle, brother and cousin were rival gang members instead of normal, everyday teens out to buy fish tacos. On the day he died, Tran - who was about to enter high school - and his family drove to Alerto's, a Mexican restaurant in Westminster, for a late night snack. They were not affiliated with any gang. The defendant in this case will need to hire an experienced Orange County Criminal Attorney or an Orange County Criminal Defense Lawyer. Witnesses testified that a member of Dragon Family Junior happened to be at Alerto's at the same time, and he mistook Minh Tran's group for members of the Young Locs, a rival gang. After Minh Tran's group finished eating, they drove away from the restaurant in his uncle's Acura Integra, unaware at first that they had been targeted. A group of Dragon Family Junior associates chase after them in another car. Minh Tran's uncle, who was driving, noticed he was being chase, and made a desperate turn on Wales Circle, a residential cul-de-sac, and pulled into a driveway and turned out the car's lights in a bid to avoid detection. But the chasers quickly drove up, pinning in the Integra by parking behind it, according to police. By then, witnesses testified, someone in Dragon Family Junior had called Aguirre, a leader in the Asian gang even though he is Caucasian with a Hispanic surname. Aguirre joined his friends at the cul-de-sac. As Tran and his relatives cowered in fear inside the Integra, Aguirre -- dressed in all black -- approached on foot, aimed his handgun and fired several shots into the darkened car, without checking whether his victims were rivals. Minh Tran was shot in the heart, liver and shoulder, and died from a loss of blood. His brother was shot in the stomach and his cousin was hit in the buttocks, but both recovered. Westminster police quickly arrested five people in connection with the shooting, but Aguirre fled from the scene that night and disappeared. He was arrested in Tempe, Ariz., several months later. He is the only one of the six co-defendants to face a potential death sentence in the case, in part because authorities believe that he was the shooter and in part because of his history of violence as an adult, Balleste said. Co-defendant Quang Hal Do, 24, of Westminster, one of the drivers on the night of the murder and who was 18 years old at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty in July and was sentenced to 25-years, eight months in prison. For more information please visit the following websites. Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney The other co-defendants, including three gang members who were juveniles at the time of the murder, pleaded guilty to lesser charges and are awaiting sentencing or have been sentenced to terms in prison ranging from 18 to 23 years in prison. All were prosecuted as adults. SANTA ANA - A gang member was convicted today of gunning down a 13-year-old boy in 2003, mistakenly believing the youth and his relatives to be members of a rival gang. The same jury also found that Jason Alejandro Aguirre, 33, murdered Minh Cong Tran on Aug. 12, 2003, for the benefit of his gang, a special circumstance that qualifies him for a penalty phase to begin Tuesday to determine if he should be sentenced to death. Jason Aguirre ADVERTISEMENT More from Garden Grove-Westminster Investigators say they know what led to fatal fight: two oranges Latino OC 100 to be honored in Santa Ana Stolen camera has photos of soldier's funeral O.C. man joins national disability council What is on sale? Your grocery specials this week Today, Aguirre had no visible reaction to the conviction. One female juror cried as the verdicts were being read. Tran's family sat quietly in the 10th-floor courtroom gallery. During a three-week trial before Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg, Deputy District Attorney Sonia Balleste argued that Aguirre was the reputed leader of the Asian street gang even though he is Caucasian. She told the jury that Aguirre was the shooter who walked up to a car full of strangers in Westminster and - without hesitation - unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed Tran and injured Tran's brother and cousin. As the gang's leader, she said, Aguirre was not required to "put in work" as the shooter, but he chose to do so anyway because "he liked banging." Defense attorney Robert Viefhaus argued that Aguirre - who was arrested in Tempe, Ariz., seven months after the killing - was linked to the crime through the lies and inconsistent stories of other gang members. Viefhaus said there is no DNA or fingerprint evidence that placed Aguirre at the crime scene and that none of the victims can identify Aguirre as the shooter. Tran was shot and killed after he was misidentified, while they were eating at a Mexican restaurant, Balleste said. Members of the gang then chased the car Tran was in to a cul de sac in Westminster, where the solo gunman got out of a car, approached on foot, and started firing. Tran, crouching down in the front passenger seat, was shot in the heart, liver and shoulder, and died from a loss of blood. His brother was shot in the stomach and his cousin was hit in the buttocks. Both recovered. The shooter, Balleste said, was Aguirre. He is the only one of five co-defendants to face a potential death sentence in the case. Co-defendant Quang Hal Do, 24, of Westminster, a gang member who allegedly drove Aguirre to the murder scene, goes to trial later this year. He faces a potential sentence of life without parole if convicted. The other co-defendants, including three gang members who were juveniles at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty to lesser charges. They await sentencing or have been sentenced to terms ranging from 18 to 23 years in prison. www.ocregister.com/news/aguirre-126733-gang-tran.html
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2010 5:48:05 GMT -6
ALCALA RODNEY www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_14644754?source=rssury recommends death for serial killer Alcala By Gillian Flaccus Associated Press Posted: 03/09/2010 09:42:07 PM PST This Jan. 11, 2010 file photo shows Rodney Alcala, a former death row inmate who was twice convicted of the 1979 killing of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl, sitting in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) SANTA ANA - A California jury on Tuesday recommended a death sentence for convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, only hours after the 66-year-old pleaded for his life to be spared. Alcala, a former Monterey Park resident, was convicted last month of murdering 12-year-old Robin Samsoe and four Los Angeles County women in the late 1970s. It was the third time he was sentenced to death in the Samsoe case. The previous sentences were overturned. Relatives broke out in applause in the courtroom and Samsoe's brother shouted out, "Yes!" when the jury's recommendation was read. Alcala gave his own closing arguments earlier Tuesday afternoon, telling jurors that if they recommend death instead of life in prison without parole, his case would be on appeal for another 15 to 20 years. "But if you chose life in prison you will end the matter now," he told the Orange County jury. "The families of the victims will have closure after 30 years." Robin Samsoe was kidnapped while riding a bicycle to ballet class on June 20, 1979. Her body was found 12 days later in the foothills of Sierra Madre. Alcala was arrested a month after Samsoe's disappearance when his parole agent recognized him from a police sketch and called authorities. Alcala has been in custody ever since. He was first tried in Samsoe's murder in 1980. Prosecutors added the murders of the four women in 2006 after investigators discovered forensic evidence linking him Advertisement to those crimes, including DNA found on three of the women, a bloody handprint and marker testing done on blood Alcala left on a towel in the fourth victim's home. The jury convicted Alcala of the murders on Feb. 25, and also found true special-circumstance allegations of rape, torture and kidnapping, making him eligible for the death penalty. A defense psychiatrist testified during the trial penalty phase last week that Alcala suffers from a borderline personality disorder that could lead to psychotic episodes. Alcala has claimed he doesn't remember some of his actions. Read more: www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_14644754?source=rss#ixzz0jqedfHPFDating Game' Killer, Rodney Alcala, Sentenced to Death This is the third time Alcala has been sentenced to death row for killing Robin Samsoe. Watch Brandon Rudat's Report KTLA News 5:11 PM PDT, March 30, 2010 Rodney Alcala, 66 Related links Sign up for KTLA News Email Alerts PHOTOS: California's Most Notorious Killers Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Sentenced To Death Video View photographs found in Alcala's storage locker Photos The Alcala Case: A Timeline Robin Samsoe was 12-years-old when she was abducted and murdered. Photo SANTA ANA -- Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala has been sentenced to death for killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four Los Angeles County women in the 1970s. Tuesday's sentencing marked the third time Rodney Alcala has been sent to death row for killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe. His two previous convictions for the killing were overturned on appeal. Marianne Connelly, the mother of Robin Samsoe read this statement to the court before Alcala's sentence was announced: "He is a cold blooded evil mass murdering monster that should have died years ago. Losing my precious Robin was the worst tragedy of my life and knowing the defendant tortured his victims makes it even harder to accept. I'm waiting for the day he dies. I only wish I could be the one to administer the (lethal) injection." The death sentence was recommended by the Orange County jury that convicted Alcala. Sign up for KTLA Breaking News Alerts Earlier this month, Alcala waived his rights to have a probation report prepared about him and to have a sentencing hearing within 20 days of his conviction. Alcala, who represented himself during his murder trial, responded to a question about when the sentencing hearing would be held with, "It doesn't matter to me. Anything past 20 days is fine with me." A probation report would have taken about six weeks to prepare. Alcala was convicted Feb. 25 for the third time of killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe in Huntington Beach on June 20, 1979. He was twice before convicted of killing the girl, but the convictions were overturned on appeal. Alcala was also convicted of killing four other women: Jill Barcomb, an 18-year-old runaway who was killed in the Hollywood Hills on Nov. 10, 1977; Georgia Wixted, a 27-year-old registered nurse killed on Dec. 16, 1978; Charlotte Lamb, 32, slain on June 24, 1978; and Jill Parenteau, 21, who was killed June 14, 1979. The jury reached the guilty verdicts on its second full day of deliberations convicting Alcala of five counts of first-degree murder, along with a single count of kidnapping Samsoe. www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-alcala-trial,0,2151331.story
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Post by Felix2 on Apr 1, 2010 5:55:29 GMT -6
ALCALA RODNEY www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_14644754?source=rssury recommends death for serial killer Alcala By Gillian Flaccus Associated Press Posted: 03/09/2010 09:42:07 PM PST This Jan. 11, 2010 file photo shows Rodney Alcala, a former death row inmate who was twice convicted of the 1979 killing of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl, sitting in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) SANTA ANA - A California jury on Tuesday recommended a death sentence for convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, only hours after the 66-year-old pleaded for his life to be spared. Alcala, a former Monterey Park resident, was convicted last month of murdering 12-year-old Robin Samsoe and four Los Angeles County women in the late 1970s. It was the third time he was sentenced to death in the Samsoe case. The previous sentences were overturned. Relatives broke out in applause in the courtroom and Samsoe's brother shouted out, "Yes!" when the jury's recommendation was read. Alcala gave his own closing arguments earlier Tuesday afternoon, telling jurors that if they recommend death instead of life in prison without parole, his case would be on appeal for another 15 to 20 years. "But if you chose life in prison you will end the matter now," he told the Orange County jury. "The families of the victims will have closure after 30 years." Robin Samsoe was kidnapped while riding a bicycle to ballet class on June 20, 1979. Her body was found 12 days later in the foothills of Sierra Madre. Alcala was arrested a month after Samsoe's disappearance when his parole agent recognized him from a police sketch and called authorities. Alcala has been in custody ever since. He was first tried in Samsoe's murder in 1980. Prosecutors added the murders of the four women in 2006 after investigators discovered forensic evidence linking him Advertisement to those crimes, including DNA found on three of the women, a bloody handprint and marker testing done on blood Alcala left on a towel in the fourth victim's home. The jury convicted Alcala of the murders on Feb. 25, and also found true special-circumstance allegations of rape, torture and kidnapping, making him eligible for the death penalty. A defense psychiatrist testified during the trial penalty phase last week that Alcala suffers from a borderline personality disorder that could lead to psychotic episodes. Alcala has claimed he doesn't remember some of his actions. Read more: www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_14644754?source=rss#ixzz0jqedfHPFDating Game' Killer, Rodney Alcala, Sentenced to Death This is the third time Alcala has been sentenced to death row for killing Robin Samsoe. Watch Brandon Rudat's Report KTLA News 5:11 PM PDT, March 30, 2010 Rodney Alcala, 66 Related links Sign up for KTLA News Email Alerts PHOTOS: California's Most Notorious Killers Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Sentenced To Death Video View photographs found in Alcala's storage locker Photos The Alcala Case: A Timeline Robin Samsoe was 12-years-old when she was abducted and murdered. Photo SANTA ANA -- Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala has been sentenced to death for killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four Los Angeles County women in the 1970s. Tuesday's sentencing marked the third time Rodney Alcala has been sent to death row for killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe. His two previous convictions for the killing were overturned on appeal. Marianne Connelly, the mother of Robin Samsoe read this statement to the court before Alcala's sentence was announced: "He is a cold blooded evil mass murdering monster that should have died years ago. Losing my precious Robin was the worst tragedy of my life and knowing the defendant tortured his victims makes it even harder to accept. I'm waiting for the day he dies. I only wish I could be the one to administer the (lethal) injection." The death sentence was recommended by the Orange County jury that convicted Alcala. Sign up for KTLA Breaking News Alerts Earlier this month, Alcala waived his rights to have a probation report prepared about him and to have a sentencing hearing within 20 days of his conviction. Alcala, who represented himself during his murder trial, responded to a question about when the sentencing hearing would be held with, "It doesn't matter to me. Anything past 20 days is fine with me." A probation report would have taken about six weeks to prepare. Alcala was convicted Feb. 25 for the third time of killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe in Huntington Beach on June 20, 1979. He was twice before convicted of killing the girl, but the convictions were overturned on appeal. Alcala was also convicted of killing four other women: Jill Barcomb, an 18-year-old runaway who was killed in the Hollywood Hills on Nov. 10, 1977; Georgia Wixted, a 27-year-old registered nurse killed on Dec. 16, 1978; Charlotte Lamb, 32, slain on June 24, 1978; and Jill Parenteau, 21, who was killed June 14, 1979. The jury reached the guilty verdicts on its second full day of deliberations convicting Alcala of five counts of first-degree murder, along with a single count of kidnapping Samsoe. www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-alcala-trial,0,2151331.story The psychiatrist said he suffers from a borderline personality disorder that "could" result in psychotic episodes? Thats a very weak psychiatric defence in my book.
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Andre Alexander Is on Death row for the murder of Secret Service Agent Julie Cross, whom he murdered on June 4 1980. He was arrested in 1992 and convicted in 1996. He is also serving life for murdering 3 of his associates in 1978. Triple Killer Expected to Be Charged in Slaying of Agent Crime: Victim in 1980 shooting was first female Secret Service officer to die in the line of duty. October 01, 1992|ERIC MALNIC, TIMES STAFF WRITER The district attorney's office is expected to announce today that a man already serving time for a triple killing will be charged in the unrelated murder of the first female Secret Service agent to die in the line of duty, sources close to the investigation said Wednesday. Julie Cross, 26, was gunned down on June 4, 1980, as she and her partner, Lloyd Bulman, sat in their unmarked car at an intersection near Los Angeles International Airport. Despite a reward that rose to $100,000 and case files that grew to fill a four-drawer filing cabinet during an investigation that stretched over more than a dozen years, no suspect was identified. Then, Wednesday afternoon, the district attorney's office announced that it had scheduled a news conference in connection with the case for 11 a.m. today. Spokespersons for Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner declined further comment, but investigative sources said the suspect will be identified as Andre S. Alexander, 40, who currently is serving a life term at the state prison in Corcoran for the murder of three people in 1978. Details surrounding those killings were not available Wednesday night. How Alexander was linked to the murder of Cross was not immediately clear. Cross, a former San Diego police officer who joined the Secret Service in October, 1979, was assigned to the agency's anti-counterfeit squad in Los Angeles on June 1, 1980. Three days later, while waiting to serve a search warrant at a nearby apartment, Cross and Bulman parked their sedan near the darkened intersection of Belford Avenue and Interceptor Street. Police said that as the two agents chatted quietly, two men, apparently bent on robbery, approached. One of the assailants wrestled with Bulman and the other grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun that was on the front seat of the sedan, investigators said. Cross was shot twice with the shotgun before the suspects fled in another automobile, sideswiping a parked car. Bulman was uninjured. While one of the suspects is expected to be identified as Alexander, the other suspect has not been named. articles.latimes.com/1992-10-01/local/me-328_1_secret-service-agentSuspect Charged 12 Years After Slaying Crime: Rewards, TV appeals brought no leads in killing of Secret Service agent. A probe into unrelated murders led to break in case, police say. October 02, 1992|ASHLEY DUNN, TIMES STAFF WRITER Twelve years after the murder of Julie Cross--the only female Secret Service agent to die in the line of duty--the Los Angeles district attorney's office filed murder charges Thursday against a convicted triple murderer serving a life sentence in state prison. Andre Stephen Alexander, 40, was charged after a six-year investigation by Los Angeles Police Detective Richard (Buck) Henry, who succeeded in linking him to the crime after huge rewards and appeals on a television crime show failed to turn up new leads, authorities said. Ads by Google Advertisement Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner said the evidence against Alexander was developed through Henry's investigation of the killing of three people in 1978. That investigation led to Alexander's conviction in those murders two years ago. Reiner said witnesses from the earlier case led to the discovery of physical evidence tying Alexander to Cross' murder. Reiner refused to provide more details about the cases, saying detectives are still searching for a second suspect involved in the shotgun killing of Cross while she was sitting in an unmarked car with another agent near Los Angeles International Airport. "It's been a long process," Henry said. "I'm pleased with the filing." But he said, "A lot of work has yet to be done." The new murder charges carry the possibility of the death sentence because Cross was a federal agent and was killed during the commission of a robbery. Reiner said the case could have been filed in federal court because Cross was a Secret Service agent. But prosecutors decided to try the case in the state court system. "In California we do have the death penalty . . . and we have life without the possibility of parole," Reiner said. Cross was killed on the night of June 4, 1980, while she and her partner, Agent Lloyd Bulman, were investigating a counterfeiting operation in Westchester. They were parked near a staked-out house, waiting for a search warrant. As they sat in their car, two men approached, apparently planning to rob them. Cross and Bulman identified themselves as law enforcement officers, and Cross got out of the car with her gun drawn, Reiner said. She was somehow disarmed in an ensuing scuffle. Alexander grabbed a shotgun in the agents' car and fired first at Cross and then at Bulman on the other side of the car, investigators said. Bulman was wounded, but survived after feigning death. Cross was killed. She had been in the Secret Service less than a year. Henry, then a patrol officer, had first arrested Alexander in 1972 for robbery. It was then that Henry discovered that he and Alexander had attended Venice High School together. Eight years later, Henry was one of the first patrol officers to arrive at the scene of Cross' murder. As a detective in 1987, he again arrested Alexander for the 1978 murders of a printer, his girlfriend and another man who were all involved with Alexander in a counterfeit money order scheme. Alexander killed the three in the belief that the printer was preparing to go to the police, Reiner said. Alexander's counterfeit money order scheme and the counterfeiting operation that Cross was investigating at the time of her death were unrelated, Reiner said. articles.latimes.com/1992-10-02/local/me-131_1_secret-service-agent
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ALFARO MARIA Metropolitan News-Enterprise Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Page 1 Death Sentence Upheld in Killing of Court Clerk’s Daughter By a MetNews Staff Writer The California Supreme Court yesterday unanimously affirmed the death sentence for a woman who killed the daughter of an Orange Superior Court clerk while burglarizing the family’s home. Chief Justice Ronald M. George, writing for the high court, said Orange Superior Court Judge Theodore Millard properly considered Maria Alfaro’s young age and other mitigating evidence before imposing the maximum penalty for the murder of Linda Wallace’s daughter Autumn. Alfaro was a mother of four, including twins she was carrying at the time of the murder, who “became a drug addict at 13, a prostitute at 14 and a single mom at 15...a murderer at 18 and the first woman in Orange County to get the death penalty at 20,” the Orange County Register reported. The evidence, the chief justice said, supported Millard’s conclusion that she was sufficiently mature to comprehend the magnitude of her crime. The trial judge called the murder “senseless, brutal, vicious and callous.” Autumn Wallace was nine years old when she was murdered in 1990, shortly after coming home from school. Alfaro, who had once been a friend of Autumn’s older sister, later said she killed the little girl in order to avoid being identified. She read a letter during the penalty phase of the case saying how sorry she was for taking Autumn’s “innocent life.” Linda Wallace found her daughter’s body in a pool of blood in the bathroom. She had been stabbed more than 50 times. The Wallace house had been ransacked, and property was missing – including a portable television, a VCR, a typewriter, a telephone and a Nintendo set. Alfaro later sold all of it for $300 in order to buy drugs. Alfaro, whose fingerprint was found at the scene, confessed, but later changed her story and claimed that man she called “Beto” but refused to further identify, out of what she said was fear he would harm her family, forced her to start stabbing the girl, and then he finished the slaying. The defense argued at trial that Beto was involved in the killing and pressured Alfaro into participating, diminishing her responsibility. Jurors at Alfaro’s first trial found her guilty of first degree murder with special circumstances of burglary and robbery, but deadlocked 10-2 in favor of the death penalty. A second jury found for the death penalty, and Millard denied the automatic motion to modify the verdict. George rejected the defense contention that Alfaro should have been allowed to plead guilty to the murder charge, which counsel argued might have persuaded the first jury to return a life-without-parole verdict. Alfaro did not testify at the first trial. The chief justice cited Penal Code Sec. 1018, which prohibits a capital defendant from pleading guilty without consent of counsel. George rejected arguments that Sec. 1018 is unconstitutional, and that counsel’s refusal to allow her to plead guilty was unreasonable. The chief justice noted that in the trial court, Alfaro sought to plead guilty not because she was remorseful or thought the plea might help her avoid the death penalty, but because she wanted to avoid implicating the man she called Beto. A tactical dispute between attorney and client was not a reason for the judge not to follow the statute, George wrote. The case is People v. Alfaro, 07 S.O.S. 488 www.metnews.com/articles/2007/alfa080707.htmIt was quite easy to find information on this inmate simply because of her gender. However the reason why she is on death row is quite simple. She murdered during the context of an armed robbery to avoid being identified.I assume Beto probably doesn't exist
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Michael Allen Gang Member Called City's Most Violent Gets Death Sentence MICHAEL KRIKORIAN Section: Metro; PART-B; Metro Desk Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Dec 13, 1997. pg. 3 Cleamon "Big Evil" Johnson, described by police detectives and FBI agents as the city's most violent gang member, was sentenced to death Friday, along with co-defendant Michael "Fat Rat" Allen, for the 1991 murders of two men at a South-Central Los Angeles carwash. Superior Court Judge Charles E. Horan, who characterized Johnson as "a coldblooded and cunning murderer . . . who was the victim of his own evil," agreed with a jury that had recommended the death penalty Sept. 30. Horan rejected defense appeals for a retrial and a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Authorities contend that on Aug. 5, 1991, Johnson ordered Allen to get an Uzi submachine gun and "serve" two men at a carwash at Central Avenue and 88th Street. Allen, 25, shot to death Donald Ray Loggins and Payton Beroit in broad daylight in front of more than a dozen witnesses, according to authorities. Loggins and Beroit were not gang members, but lived in rival gang turf. Johnson, 30, who authorities say killed at least a dozen people during his reign as the shot-caller of his gang, the 89 Family Bloods, declared his innocence after he was sentenced. He called police a "lynch mob" and vowed to have his conviction overturned. Johnson is also the defendant in another murder trial scheduled for February. www.streetgangs.com/topics/1997/121397bige.htmBig Evil's' Reign Appears Over for Good Courts: In double murder, jury urges death for L.A.'s 'most cold-blooded killer,' who police say has slain 12. But neighbors describe him as helpful and nice. October 01, 1997|MICHAEL KRIKORIAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Cleamon "Big Evil" Johnson is the "most cold-blooded killer in the entire city," by one detective's estimate. "He's the type of guy you can have an interesting, articulate conversation with--laugh with, joke with," said homicide Det. Thomas Mathew of the Los Angeles Police Department. "He'd be cool to you. And then you turn your back on him, and he'd blow your brains out." ohnson, 29, known as a shot-caller in one of the city's most notorious street gangs, once put out a contract on Mathew, the detective said. LAPD brass were concerned enough to have SWAT officers tag along with the detective. "Even before the contract, I was always very aware whenever I was with Evil to be careful because I knew he would do me in a second," Mathew said. "He has beat us on so many cases, because no witnesses want to come forward." Two witnesses did come forward in 1994 to testify against members of Johnson's gang, the 89 Family Bloods. They were both killed. But Johnson's winning streak skidded to a halt after prosecutors were able to penetrate his protective cloak of silence with three witnesses who testified to his involvement in the 1991 murders of two rival gang members. Johnson and a co-defendant, 25-year-old Michael "Fat Rat" Allen--already serving 35 years to life for another murder--were found guilty Sept. 2. A jury recommended Tuesday that they be put to death. As the clerk in Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Horon's courtroom said the word "death," the two men sat expressionless. So did Johnson's parents and Allen's wife, sitting in the spectator section. Horon has scheduled sentencing for Dec. 12. Prosecutors contend that Johnson gave Allen an Uzi and ordered him to kill the rival gang members. Allen gunned the two men down before dozens of witnesses, they say. But during the initial 1991 investigation, no one would admit having seen the shooting. The reason was simple: Testify against Big Evil, he'll kill you, police say. "I can't even tell you the way he kills without any kind of emotion," Mathew said of Johnson. "It's unbelievable. And he has this scary laugh. He personifies the term 'evil.' He would make a good candidate for an FBI behavioral profile. I'd like to see what some psychiatrist says about his mind." Authorities say the 80 members of Johnson's gang are responsible for more than 60 slayings in the last decade. There were 32 killings on the gang's turf--a quarter of a square mile--between 1993 and last year--a homicide rate nine times higher than the city's at large. articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/01/local/me-38056
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Watson Allison udge Erred but Justices Rule Death Verdict Valid May 12, 1989|PHILIP HAGER, Times Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The state Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death sentence of the killer of a Long Beach flight attendant, although the court found that the sentencing judge had erroneously cited a "long and distinguished" criminal record of the defendant, who never before had been convicted of a felony. The court held 5 to 2 that despite the error there were other legally sufficient grounds for the judge, now deceased, to uphold the jury's verdict of death in the case of Watson Allison, 30, convicted in the murder of Leonard Wesley Polk, 23, in a November, 1982, robbery. The majority in an opinion by Justice David N. Eagleson concluded that it was "self-evident" that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Pat Mullendore had correctly approved the verdict based on the coldblooded nature of the crime. "At least one of the shots (was) fired execution-style at point-blank range into the victim's head," Eagleson noted. But the court's two dissenters--Justices Stanley Mosk and Allen E. Broussard--said the judge either was thinking of "another case" or was improperly referring to evidence against Allison that was not before the jury. While the conviction should be upheld, the death sentence should be set aside, the two justices said. "The error was particularly egregious in this instance for the judge obviously did not recollect the facts," Mosk wrote. "Whether he merely failed to recall the evidence or actually had some other case in mind, we shall never know because of his death." Broussard said that in further proceedings another judge might decide Allison should be sentenced only to life in prison without parole. "This was an ordinary felony-murder case; certainly a serious crime, but one which sadly is also relatively common," he said. "Nothing in the circumstances of the crime in any way sets it apart as particularly aggravated." State Deputy Atty. Gen. Robert S. Henry said he is "pleased with the result" of the decision and that the justices had correctly concluded that the judge's remarks were insufficiently harmful to warrant a new penalty trial. Allison's attorney in the appeal was not available for comment. Allison and a co-defendant, Samuel Quinton Bonner, were accused of tricking Polk to gain entrance to the victim's apartment to steal stereo components, a television set and other items. Polk, an employee of Pacific Southwest Airlines, was found in his blood-spattered living room, dead from a severe beating and two gunshot wounds to the head. articles.latimes.com/1989-05-12/local/me-3131_1_justice-david-n-eagleson-death-sentence-justices-stanley-mosk
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Alberto Alvarez urors in Redwood City today recommended the death penalty for Alberto Alvarez, who was convicted last month of murder for fatally shooting East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006. fugitive.com/archives/16314Alberto Alvarez murder trial submitted to jury Officer Richard May 'died for his community,' prosecutor said in final summation by Sue Dremann Palo Alto Online Staff Comparing the defense summation to the Wizard of Oz, a San Mateo County prosecutor implored jurors in the Alberto Alvarez murder case not to be swayed by defense tactics to portray slain East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May as a rogue cop out to kill their client. "This is no different than 1939 and The Wizard of Oz. Ignore the man behind the curtain," Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County senior deputy district attorney, said Tuesday, the final day of arguments -- after which the jury of six men and six women began deliberations. Weeks of emotion and exhaustion etched the lawyers' faces. Spectators in the packed courtroom wept as an image of Alvarez's arm, with bruises sustained after being struck by the officer's baton, was projected on the courtroom wall, side by side with an image of the slain officer lying in a pool of blood. "Does this bruise justify this?" Wagstaffe asked, punching home 5 1/2 weeks of testimony during which he portrayed Alvarez as a cold-blooded killer. Alvarez, 26, of Redwood City, admitted he shot and killed the officer during a foot pursuit on Jan. 7, 2006, but claims he did so in self-defense. Much of the trial focused on whether the officer used excessive force when he hit Alvarez from behind with a metal baton, then shot the fleeing suspect in the leg, provoking his own death. Alvarez, a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, claims he killed the officer out of fear for his life. But prosecutors said he shot the officer in order to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for being a felon with a gun. After firing several shots and causing the officer to fall to the ground, Alvarez "executed" May after he lay on a residential driveway off Weeks Street, Wagstaffe said. The burden of proof is on the prosecution to show Alvarez killed the officer with intention and deliberation -- malice aforethought -- which could bring a first-degree murder verdict. If convicted, a special-circumstance charge of killing an officer who is performing his lawful duties could get Alvarez a death sentence. www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=14687
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 7:56:20 GMT -6
Fransico Alvarez
Crime dates: 1994 and 1996 Life for 5-month-old Tyler Ransom had barely begun when he was violently shaken to death by his mother's live-in boyfriend, Frank Jay Alvarez, in 1994.
Dylan Vincent was a diminutive 4-year-old in 1996 when he was beaten to death by Alvarez. Friends and family described him as sweet and quiet.
There is not a lot of information as the crimes happened over 10 years ago and the name is quite common
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Manuel Alvarez A. Guilt Phase The People presented the jury with a story to the following effect. In November 1986, defendant was released on parole after serving a term of imprisonment for what would be revealed to be convictions for voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon in the Los Angeles Superior Court in 1982. He was bound to Los Angeles by the conditions of his parole. In March 1987, in violation of such conditions, defendant moved from Los Angeles to Sacramento. Over the following months, he lived, on and off, with Leslie Colyer and Neetelfer Hawkins. He spent the major part of his time obtaining and consuming drugs and alcohol. On May 12, late at night, defendant was socializing outside an apartment building. Present also was Sandra Stramaglia. She lived in one of units with her lover and her son. She was then working as a prostitute. Defendant was drunk, and was vomiting. He made a sexual advance on her, but was repulsed. She eventually returned to her apartment, and went to bed. On May 13, about noon, Stramaglia awoke. Her lover and her son were not at home. She had a “real bad feeling.” Looking toward the foot of the bed, she saw defendant. He was standing with his zipper open, and was masturbating. She said, “Oh, God, no.” In a voice that was firm and serious, he responded, “Oh, God, yes.” She called for her lover. With coldness and calculation, he said, “He can’t help you now.” He then began to rape her. Percy Spence, who was one of her friends, walked in. He asked, “Are you having a date?” She yelled, “No, no[,] no, no, it’s not.” Defendant stated, “Yes, it is.” Several times, she repeated, “No, it’s not.” Spence said, “Oh, man, don’t be doing that,” and ran out. When defendant was finished, he put into his pants a long knife in a sheath, which he had evidently brought to the scene. Anthony Simpkins, another of Stramaglia’s friends, had arrived by this time. As he was entering, he passed Spence. Simpkins asked, “[W]hat’s happening[?]” Spence answered, “[O]h, just let it be.” Stramaglia ran to Simpkins almost hysterical, and told him defendant had raped her. Defendant fled. As he did so, he proceeded up the street in the direction of Edwin Glidewell, with whom he was acquainted. Glidewell owned a 1975 Chevrolet Camaro, which was parked nearby with the key in the ignition. Defendant jumped into the driver’s seat, started the engine, and took off. Glidewell gave chase, but failed in the effort. On May 15, defendant met Ross as she was cashing a welfare check she had received earlier that day. With him at the wheel of Glidewell’s Camaro, they immediately set out to obtain and consume drugs and alcohol. They continued to do so over the days that followed. In the course of their wanderings, they visited, among others, defendant’s friend Neetelfer Hawkins and a friend of Ross named Gail Patton. On May 17, late in the morning, defendant asked Ross to drive Glidewell’s Camaro as he rode as a passenger. She entered a shopping center. He directed her to an office of the Golden 1 Credit Union. She parked, and he exited. At 11:28 a.m., Allen Birkman, a civilian identification technician for the Sacramento Police Department, withdrew $60 from his wife’s account at the credit union’s automatic teller machine. Defendant accosted Birkman; a struggle ensued; defendant stabbed Birkman in the heart. Ross pulled out of the parking space, and defendant managed to jump in. They made good their escape. Birkman called for help. Within seconds, a passerby named Charles Kosobud came to his aid. Birkman was holding his right hand to his chest, and had blood flowing through his fingers; he had a wallet in his left hand; he was swaying. Steadying him, Kosobud asked if they had robbed him; Birkman responded, “No, but they tried.” Kosobud asked who. Birkman responded, “Two blacks.” (Ross is an African-American. Defendant is, in his own words, “Spanish and Islander,” meaning “ native [Cuban].”) Birkman soon collapsed onto the ground. Officer Calvin Lim of the Sacramento Police Department arrived at the scene. Birkman was already receiving emergency medical aid. Within several minutes, he was placed in an ambulance for transport to a hospital; Lim rode along. Birkman had difficulty breathing, and appeared to be in pain; he said he felt numbness or tingling in his body. Lim asked if he knew who had attacked him; he responded, “ male black, approximately six foot tall” — like defendant — who “got into a Camaro.” Within several more minutes, they arrived at the hospital. Sometime before noon, Ross and defendant reached Gail Patton’s apartment, which was not far from the Golden 1 Credit Union. Ross parked Glidewell’s Camaro nearby. She entered the apartment with a long knife and a sheath. She appeared frightened. After wiping the weapon, she told Patton to give it to defendant. Defendant entered some minutes later. He appeared normal. Patton gave him the long knife and the sheath. Police officers approached Patton’s apartment. Defendant and Ross apparently directed Patton not to say anything. At the apartment’s entrance, the officers told Patton that they were investigating the incident at the Golden 1 Credit Union. They asked whether she knew anything about Glidewell’s Camaro. She answered no. They departed. She told defendant to go. He did so. He left behind the long knife and the sheath. He also left behind Glidewell’s Camaro. About 1:30 p.m., Greta Slatten, who was 78 years old, drove to a convenience store in a 1987 Ford Taurus she had recently bought. The store happened to be about two-thirds of a mile from Patton’s apartment. There was no other automobile in the parking lot. There was only one other person — defendant. Slatten caught sight of him, and remained in her car with the doors locked. He went to a public telephone. She then exited the vehicle with her purse and keys, locked the doors, entered the store, and made a purchase. As she went to return to her automobile, she passed defendant, who was still at the telephone. She then lost consciousness. After she came to, she found that she was in a hospital, and had suffered injuries that required suturing with 20 stitches, prevented her from opening her mouth, and blackened the left side of her face from her hairline down through her neck. Defendant had taken her car, her keys, and her purse, and had fled. On May 18, Birkman died as a result of the stab wound he suffered to the heart. The wound could have been inflicted by the long knife that defendant left behind at Patton’s apartment. That day or soon thereafter, Leslie Colyer spoke with defendant over the telephone. She had earlier been approached by the police, who had inquired as to his whereabouts and advised they were seeking him in connection with a homicide. In the course of the telephone conversation, she told him that the victim of the homicide was a police officer. On May 27, defendant was arrested in Mississippi and jailed. He was apprehended at the wheel of Slatten’s Taurus; Charles Robinson, who was hitchhiking, was a passenger. In the automobile was found a second long knife in a sheath. The next day, Robinson was also arrested and jailed. Defendant and Robinson shared a cell. Defendant told him that “he had killed a police officer in California” — referring evidently to Birkman. He was later returned to California. The tale that defendant told was different from the People’s. Testifying on his own behalf and introducing other evidence, he denied he had raped Stramaglia: he said she had consented, at least in part in order to obtain some cocaine he offered. He denied he had stolen Glidewell’s Camaro: he said Glidewell had given him the automobile as security for a debt he incurred when he bought about $400 worth of cocaine from him on credit. He denied he had robbed or murdered Birkman: he said he was elsewhere at the time of the attack, and was the victim of mistaken identity. He denied he had robbed Slatten: again, he asserted alibi and misidentification; he said he had gotten possession of her Taurus the day she was robbed by giving some cocaine in trade to a young man who called himself “J.R.” He generally denied he had ever had any knife in his possession. The tale that Ross told was also different from the People’s. Testifying on her own behalf and introducing other evidence, she did not deny defendant had robbed or murdered Birkman; rather, she denied she had possessed the requisite mental state — she said she did not even suspect what he had evidently intended, but had accompanied him out of fear.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/s012261.docNot to be confused with Juan Manuel Alvarez, convicted of driving his car into a train at a level crossing killing 11. They wanted the Death penalty for him, but the jury sentenced him to life
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Oswaldo Amezcua Five Shot on Bustling Santa Monica Pier Junly 5, 2000 - Los Angeles Times Murder suspect surrenders after holding up to 15 hostages during five-hour siege. By ELISE GEE and JESSICA GARRISON, Special To The Times Oswaldo Amezcua is taken into custody after he released hostages and surrendered on Santa Monica Pier. The drama began with the shooting of five people. GENARO MOLINA / Los Angeles Times The festive early morning Fourth of July atmosphere on the Santa Monica Pier was shattered Tuesday when a murder suspect shot and wounded three police officers and two bystanders and held 15 hostages inside an arcade during a five-hour siege, police reported. The shooting sent dozens of people diving for cover and transformed the popular pier from a fun zone into a chaotic crime scene. The dramatic events forced closure of the Santa Monica landmark until the evening of the July Fourth holiday. The crisis ended at 6:40 a.m. with the negotiated surrender of Oswaldo Amezcua, 25, of Baldwin Park, who was being sought by police as an accomplice in three gang-related slayings--in Victorville, Ontario and Baldwin Park. Police officers keep their weapons aimed towards the Playland Arcade where a gunman held several hostages on the Santa Monica Pier early this morning. GENARO MOLINA / Los Angeles Times He had come to the pier with Joseph Flores, 30, also of Baldwin Park, a suspect in the slayings. Both men also were wanted for an assault last month in Fontana on a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy. Flores was overpowered by police as the drama began. Hours after the hostages were freed and Amezcua surrendered, waves of people--fishermen, families with children in strollers, tourists and refugees from the heat of inland valleys--flooded toward the pier entrance only to be turned away by uniformed officers. The brightly colored Ferris wheel was still and the pier emptied of fun seekers, street vendors and performance artists. Instead, yellow police tape fluttered in the wind. Jeff Klocke, marketing director for the pier amusement park, said the closure was "a huge disappointment for us. July Four is one of our most popular days." The pier became a scene of gunfire and terror in the early morning hours when Santa Monica police, alerted by San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies, moved in on Flores. Amezcua was nearby. Flores was wrestled to the ground by several officers. He reached for a semiautomatic handgun in his waistband before he was subdued, said Santa Monica Police Lt. Gary Gallinot. Police later recovered a second handgun from Flores. But Amezcua ran down the pier and officers pursued him. Santa Monica police said Amezcua opened fire, wounding the three officers and the two bystanders. None of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries, authorities said. "People were screaming and running from gunshots," said eyewitness Marie Scott. "They were just rolling under cars, just trying to get under cars for cover." Santa Monica police said a female police officer, Chris Coria, was shot in the arm and may have suffered nerve damage. Officer Steven Wong and Sgt. Jim Hirt were shot in the leg. All were hospitalized. Also shot in the leg were a 17-year-old male and a 35-year-old woman, who were treated and released from a local hospital. Authorities did not disclose their names. Santa Monica police located Flores in an unusual fashion. San Bernardino County sheriff's detectives contacted Santa Monica officers at 1:04 a.m. to tell them that Flores was on the pier. The San Bernardino deputies knew Flores' whereabouts because they obtained his pager number. When Flores called them back, authorities traced the call to the pier. After Flores was arrested and Amezcua fled, the sound of music and games in the arcade was drowned out by screams and gunshots. Susana Valdez and Jenny Gaitan, both 18 and from the San Fernando Valley, said they were just a few feet from the gunman when he started shooting. They hit the floor of the arcade, lying flat until the gunfire stopped, obeying the urging of police, who yelled at the bystanders to get down. Then they escaped. But at least 15 others inside were not so lucky. Police Lt. Gallinot said Amezcua held them hostage in the arcade. Four to six children were among those held. About 100 people who had been enjoying a night at the pier were stuck at the ocean end of the structure because police thought it would be unsafe to move them past the arcade. Police brought in a SWAT team and crisis negotiators. At times, Amezcua allowed the hostages to use a cell phone to call their families and let them know they were all right. Carol Stone got a call from her 18-year-old daughter Bonnie about 4 a.m. "She told me don't be scared. It's OK. He's cool. He's being good to us. Of course, she didn't know what he had done." Bonnie and her 17-year-old boyfriend, Michael Lopez, both from Palmdale, were the last two hostages to be freed. Afterward, Bonnie said she was still frightened but glad that the ordeal was over. Throughout the early morning, negotiators tried to persuade Amezcua to release hostages. By 5 a.m., nine of the 15 had been released, including all the children. A female officer was the primary negotiator. She talked to Amezcua about the hostages' families and doing the right thing, Gallinot said. "He was remorseful for what he had done. The negotiators are trained to play on this." By 6:15 a.m. four more hostages had been released. After Amezcua surrendered peacefully , the shirtless gunman was handcuffed and led away to a patrol car. He will be charged with attempted murder and kidnapping and is being held on $1-million bail. Flores was held on a variety of charges, including being a felon with a gun. "This was a situation that could have been catastrophic," Gallinot said. Instead, he called it a "textbook ending" to a hostage crisis. Amezcua and Flores were wanted in connection with slayings in Victorville, Baldwin Park and Ontario, authorities said. "These were two hard-core, dangerous and desperate individuals who were involved in three other crimes and a shootout with deputies in San Bernardino," Gallinot said. Until the last of the hostages were freed, the others at the far end of the pier remained trapped, unable to leave. "We're just happy we're out," said Jenny Gonzalez, 18, of Wilmington, when they were finally allowed to go. Gonzalez said she had been kept in a small game room all night. The mood in the room was mostly quiet with no rowdiness or panic, she said. Periodically, police would tell them what was happening. "We kinda felt like hostages because we couldn't leave either," Gonzalez said. During the long night, concerned parents, some of them frantic, came to the pier to pick up their children who work there. Kimberly Davidson, of South Los Angeles, said she forced her way past the police in search of her son, Bobby Patterson. "I told them there was no way in hell I was going to go back down the stairs as long as my son was out there," she said. Others waited in a parking lot off the pier, desperate for any information about loved ones. Laura Dowd of South Los Angeles wanted to know about the safety of her 15-year-old, Mary Carey. "I didn't know what was going on with my daughter. They weren't letting anyone in and they weren't letting anyone out." Afterward, a relieved Bill Shenault, whose wife owns the Playland arcade, said there has been "little to no problem" on the pier since a police substation opened. "This is just one of those unusual, tragic things," he said. "But it is terrible, our employees were traumatized." The closure scuttled reunion plans for a group of friends who graduated in the 1970s from Fountain Valley High School in Orange County and agreed they would meet at noon on July 4, 2000, at the end of the pier. They arrived from points as far away as Texas, Mexico and Oregon, only to find the entrance blocked. "We came early. We didn't know we'd get a police escort," joked Tim Robertson of Cupertino, Calif. He and his wife, Kathy, and son, Peter, 15, wandered about the pier entrance trying to recognize faces from the past. Eventually, the entire group converged, laughing and hugging despite the police presence. "We'll try again in 2020," said Dean Olsen, who had come from Klamath Falls, Ore., for the weekend. In the afternoon, a man dressed as a clown with a red rubber nose glued to his made-up face headed toward the pier with a bag of balloons for children, only to be told the pier was closed and he would have to take his act elsewhere. Marcos, as he called himself, is an actor from Uruguay who turns to clowning when money gets tight. He said the closure could cost him at least a couple of hundred dollars. For merchants on the pier, where the Fourth of July is one of the busiest and most profitable days of the year, the estimated loss was greater. "This will hurt the pier a lot," said Jack DeNichola, manager of the Lobster Restaurant at the pier's entrance. "I think the police could have wrapped it up much faster. I feel bad for people who have businesses here." www.streetgangs.com/topics/2000/070500smpier.html2 Gang Members Get Death Penalty for 4 Murders Committed in 2000 April 21, 2005|Caitlin Liu, Times Staff Writer Two Baldwin Park gang members responsible for a murderous crime spree that culminated in a shootout on the Santa Monica Pier were sentenced to death Wednesday -- just as they said they wanted. Oswaldo Amezcua, 30, and Joseph Conrad Flores, 34, became partners in crime in April 2000, shortly after their release from prison, prosecutors said. (Is this because they knew they would get a single cell on DR rather then General Population?)They shot two teenage brothers who were riding on a bicycle, killing one of them, because they thought they were gang members, prosecutors said. They killed two more people and injured others in drive-by shootings. They set fire to a car and killed an accomplice by driving over him. Then, on the night of July 3, 2000, police tracked the two suspects to the Santa Monica Pier and detained Flores. But Amezcua fled down the pier and barricaded himself in the arcade, using tourists as shields. The five-hour hostage crisis ended in a shootout that injured three officers and two bystanders. "The people they killed were all unarmed. They were shot in the back. These defendants had no regard for human life," Deputy Dist. Atty. Darren Levine said. After a four-week trial before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry, a jury convicted them in March of four murders and dozens of other charges. During the penalty phase of their trial, the pair forbade their lawyers from calling witnesses, conducting cross-examinations or pleading with jurors to spare their lives. "Both of them wanted the death penalty, and they got it," said Zeke Perlo, who represented Amezcua. Perlo called Pelican Bay State Prison, where the pair would have been sent had they received life sentences, "a hellhole." "Frankly, they would rather [go to] San Quentin. It's a much better life," Perlo said. Flores' attorney, William Ringgold, could not be reached for comment. Levine said the violence committed by the duo and their cold-heartedness sickened even veteran prosecutors. As the mother of the brothers who were shot while riding the bicycle tearfully testified, the defendants looked at her and laughed. "They boasted about how they tortured and killed people," Levine said, adding that the trial to them "was almost entertainment. They wanted the notoriety of going to death row ... going down in a macho way." articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/21/local/me-death21
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Eric Anderson Death row verdict recommended for killer By Ray Huard STAFF WRITER July 9, 2005 EL CAJON – A Poway man who defiantly challenged a jury to give him the death penalty for murdering the owner of Cajon Speedway got what he asked for yesterday. Eric Anderson After deliberating Thursday afternoon and about an hour yesterday morning, jurors recommended that 31-year-old Eric Anderson be executed for the murder of Stephen Brucker. Brucker was fatally shot in his doorway by Anderson during a botched robbery, according to testimony during a six-week trial. "Justice has been served, finally," Brucker's widow, Bonnie Brucker, said outside the courtroom after the verdict was read. Superior Court Judge Lantz Lewis scheduled an Oct. 28 hearing at which he will either adopt the jury's recommendation or sentence Anderson to life in prison without parole. It is rare for a judge to set aside a jury's recommendation in a death penalty case. Anderson, a parolee and tattoo artist who goes by the nickname "Stressed Eric," was convicted June 27 of shooting the 51-year-old Brucker once in the heart April 14, 2003, at Brucker's Medill Avenue home on the outskirts of El Cajon. Anderson sat quietly, looking around the courtroom and whispering to his lawyers as the judge read the jury's verdict yesterday. His behavior contrasted sharply with his outburst Wednesday when he yelled he was innocent but dared the jury to "give me the death penalty." Before and after the outburst, defense attorney Albert Bradley told jurors that Anderson had refused to allow him to present any evidence to persuade the jury to spare his life. Outside the courtroom, Brucker's brother, Kevin, praised jurors for their verdict and "for all their hard work." "It wasn't an easy case," Kevin Brucker said. He said the death penalty was appropriate for Anderson because "this guy is responsible basically for two deaths." Anderson was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter in February in connection with an October 2002 fatal car crash in Poway that killed 30-year-old Tabatha Bailey and injured her 5-year-old son and a second passenger. He is awaiting sentencing in that case and prosecutors say he faces 42 years to life in prison. Two of Anderson's accomplices in the Brucker shooting, Apollo Huhn, 24, and Brandon Handshoe, 19, also await sentencing. A third man accused of being an accomplice, Randy Lee, 24, was acquited last week. Prosecutors told jurors he hatched the plan to rob Brucker. Huhn was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit a residential robbery and burglary. He faces a prison sentence of life without parole at an Aug. 19 hearing. Handshoe pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and attempted robbery with a firearm in a May plea agreement. In exchange for his testimony, Handshoe will be sentenced Dec. 5 to 17 years in prison. legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050709/news_7m9brucker.html
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 22:20:42 GMT -6
James Anderson
Apparently he is on Death Row for murdering 2 women in 1979. He claims he was convicted by an all white jury, and he was innocent. This is from an anti source. I cannot find any other source on the internet.
Apparently he is an artist and required medical treatment for his eyesight in 2002.
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James Phillip Anderson was sentenced to death for the 1979 robbery murders of Donna Coselman and Louise Flanagan, which led to defendant’s capital convictions. Also described is the unadjudicated robbery murder of Jack Mackey, allegedly committed by defendant in 1978. Defendant presented no affirmative case in mitigation. As to the capital crimes, he rested his defense on lingering doubt. As to the Mackey incident, he sought to raise a reasonable doubt by mounting an extensive attack on the credibility of the principal prosecution witness. Evidence bearing on the 1978 and 1979 crimes was as follows:
A. 1979 Coselman-Flanagan robbery murders (capital crimes).
Just after 3 p.m. on March 4, 1979, Fred Anders (Fred) approached a parked Indio patrol officer, Ted Fish, and reported a possible murder in a citrus grove off Interstate 10 between Indio and Coachella. Fred directed Fish to the grove, where they were met by other law enforcement officers. Following Fred’s lead, officers discovered the body of Donna Coselman. The body was facedown, with ligature marks around the neck. On the basis of Fred’s descriptions, Fred’s sister Sheila Anders (Sheila) and defendant were soon arrested as they walked near the grove. The next morning, a further search of the grove revealed the body of Coselman’s grandmother, Louise Flanagan. Flanagan was hanging from a tree by a rope around her neck. Both Coselman and Flanagan died by strangulation.
When arrested, Sheila had Flanagan’s watch and purse. Sheila’s own purse, found by the police in Fred’s car, contained Coselman’s wallet.
Fred testified as follows: On the afternoon of March 4, 1979, he was driving his Mercury station wagon on Interstate 10. Defendant and Sheila were passengers. The three came upon a stranded Chevette and stopped. Inside the Chevette were two women, one young and one older. Fred, who had mechanical experience, immediately saw the problem, a loose wire that he could easily repair. However, Fred followed defendant’s order to return to the Mercury. Eventually, defendant brought the younger woman (Coselman) to the car and said they had to go get parts. Coselman entered the Mercury, and Fred drove away. The older woman (Flanagan) stayed with the Chevette.
Fred’s testimony continued: Defendant directed Fred to take the first off ramp from the freeway. As they came down the ramp, defendant told Coselman he was going to rob her. Coselman gave defendant everything she had, including her glasses. At defendant’s direction, Fred drove into a citrus grove and stopped. Defendant, Sheila, and Coselman got out, but Fred stayed in the car, as defendant ordered. Defendant bound Coselman’s wrists and tied her to a palm tree. Sheila went through Coselman’s purse. Defendant returned to the car and said he wanted Fred to go back with him to get Flanagan. Fred refused, but Sheila went with defendant. While they were gone, Fred untied Coselman and tried to persuade her to go with him for help, but she refused for fear that defendant would harm Flanagan.
Fred further testified: When defendant returned, he berated Fred for untying Coselman and ordered Fred to return to the car. En route, Fred looked back to see that defendant had retied Coselman’s hands and was walking her into the grove. Fred followed, and defendant again ordered him back to the car. On his way back, Fred heard a single scream, rushed toward the sound, and saw defendant standing over the prostrate Coselman, pulling on a rope around her neck. Again defendant yelled at Fred to return to the car. When Fred arrived there, defendant was right behind him. Defendant and Sheila then took Flanagan from the car. They each held one of Flanagan’s arms and began walking her into the grove. Fred followed, and defendant again ordered him to go back. Fred ran to Coselman, shook her body, and got no response. He then ran to the car and left to get help.2
In a police interview, defendant stated the following: Defendant, Fred, and Sheila stopped by the side of the freeway to help the women with the disabled Chevette, but neither defendant nor Fred could determine the problem. It was decided that Fred would take Coselman to a phone booth to call for help. Fred and Sheila left with Coselman, while defendant stayed with Flanagan and the Chevette. Sometime later, Fred and Sheila returned without Coselman. Fred told Flanagan that Coselman was at a phone booth, but was concerned about Flanagan remaining alone with the Chevette, so Fred would take Flanagan to meet Coselman. Fred and Sheila then left with Flanagan. Defendant remained with the Chevette. Soon Fred and Sheila returned alone, and defendant never saw Coselman or Flanagan again. Fred, Sheila, and defendant resumed their freeway trip, but Fred soon left the highway at an off ramp, “got some kind of attitude[,] kicked [defendant and Sheila] out of the car and split.”
The shoes worn by Fred, Sheila, and defendant on March 4, 1979, were examined for comparison with footprints found at the scene of the murders. The soleprints of defendant’s and Sheila’s shoes were similar to footprints found around Flanagan’s body, but Fred’s shoes could not have made any of the footprints found at that location.
Deborah Baros visited defendant in the Indio jail within days after his March 1979 arrest. He asked her to go to the orange grove and retrieve, from under a particular rock, a black purse that contained belongings.3 Baros asked defendant, “Did you do it?” He nodded slightly.
Through cross-examination of Fred, and by other witnesses, the defense sought to expose inconsistencies in the details of the story Fred told at various times. The defense strategy was to suggest that Fred had falsely accused defendant, or exaggerated defendant’s involvement in the crimes, in order to minimize Fred’s own role.
B. 1978 murder of Jack Mackey
Deborah Baros testified as follows: In approximately March and April of 1978, she, defendant, and their young child Anthony were living in a boarding-house at 1204 Helen Street in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Baros worked as a waitress at Mom’s Kitchen, a soul food restaurant. When she worked evenings, her shift ended at 11 or 11:30 p.m. One evening, defendant picked Baros up from work, as was customary, in their brown Camaro. They drove to the service station where they usually bought gas. Anthony was between them in the front seat. After the attendant serviced the car, defendant asked for two packs of Kool cigarettes, his usual brand. Defendant followed the attendant to the center booth, where the cigarettes were kept. After a short time, the two returned to the passenger side of the car. Defendant then ordered the attendant to get into the Camaro. As the attendant entered the back seat, Baros saw that defendant was holding a gun shaped like an “L.”
Baros continued: They left the station, made several turns, and drove toward the mountains. They passed a power plant, then stopped in a desert-like area with sand, gravel, dirt, and rocks. The night sky was well illuminated with “lights coming from somewhere.” There was a chain link fence and “a bunch of jeeps” in the background. The weather was cool and breezy. Defendant ordered Baros and the attendant from the car. Baros and the attendant began walking, side by side, into the desert-like area. As they did so, Baros heard three or four shots. When she woke up, defendant was gone. Baros realized she was not hurt, but the attendant lay beside her, facedown, with blood on his back. After a couple of minutes, the Camaro returned. Defendant and Anthony were in the car. Defendant ordered Baros to get in, and she complied. They did not return to 1204 Helen Street, but went immediately to a motel “across the street from the old ice plant,” where they stayed for several days. During that time, Baros continued to work at Mom’s Kitchen. Then she, defendant, and Anthony went to Florida.
Baros identified photographs of the station and of Jack Mackey as the murdered attendant.
North Las Vegas police officers and other witnesses testified about the unsolved murder of Mackey. In 1978, Margaret Potter and her husband owned a Discount Oil station on Bonanza Road in Las Vegas. Early on the morning of April 20, 1978, police called Potter to the station because it was “wide open” and unattended. When Potter arrived, cigarettes normally kept in the central booth were strewn on the ground outside the booth, and Mackey, the attendant, was missing.
Around 9 a.m. on April 21, 1978, a cold and windy day, Mackey’s body was discovered on the outskirts of North Las Vegas, in the 2800 block of North Commerce, which was then a largely undeveloped desert area. The site is not far from a power plant, and mountains to the east and north are prominent landmarks. Though there was little nearby lighting in 1978, the area would have received some indirect nighttime illumination from the glow of downtown Las Vegas.
When found, Mackey’s body was face up, about 20 or 30 feet from the street. Nearby, a chain link fence enclosed an adjacent construction or trucking yard in which vehicles were parked.4 Shell casings, expended slugs, and live rounds were found at various locations near and under the body. Examination of the body disclosed five bullet wounds, including shots to Mackey’s head, back, and abdomen.
The Mackey murder remained unsolved in 1990. Riverside County investigators contacted Baros, whose name was in their files, seeking background information for the instant penalty retrial. Baros was interviewed in early 1990 at her New Hampshire home, then brought to Las Vegas to discuss and recreate the Mackey episode. Without prompting, Baros directed an officer and investigator to Mom’s Kitchen and the Discount Oil station, then past a power plant and toward the mountains to the 2800 block of North Commerce, and finally to 1204 Helen Street. She also took them to an old ice plant and described the adjacent motel where she and defendant had stayed after the Mackey murder. Though there was no motel meeting her description in 1990, several had existed in April 1978.
On cross-examination of Baros, defense counsel elicited the following: Anthony was born in a Florida hospital in July 1974. In May 1978, a month after the Mackey slaying, Baros, defendant, and Anthony were living in West Memphis, Arkansas, across the river from Memphis, Tennessee. One rainy evening, while
Baros and Anthony were passengers in a car driven by defendant, they had a traffic accident on the bridge between the two cities. Anthony was killed. When Baros awoke in the hospital, she learned she had given birth to triplets. Two of the triplets, Otto Lynn and Richard Lee, died within days. The third, Julia Eva, lived five months. All were buried in West Memphis. Baros herself remained in the hospital for four months. Baros remembered things through dreams and believed defendant could communicate with her by telepathy.
Testimony by defense and prosecution investigators established that inquiries to hospitals, cemeteries, health departments, and law enforcement agencies in Florida, Tennessee, and Arkansas, based on names variously used by Baros and information provided by her, had produced no record or other evidence of the births, deaths, or burials of Anthony or the triplets, or a May 1978 traffic accident involving Baros, or her hospitalization during that period. Myrtle Askew, who in 1978 owned the boardinghouse at 1204 Helen Street in North Las Vegas, confirmed that defendant and Baros lived in the house during the spring of that year, but Askew insisted that no child was with them, and that Baros never mentioned or showed signs she was pregnant during that time.
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Jesse Andrews Justices Affirm Death Penalty for Killer of 3 Rule That Jury Needn't Be Told About Showing Mercy August 04, 1989|PHILIP HAGER, Times Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty for the convicted killer of three people in Los Angeles in 1979, rejecting claims that jurors should have been instructed they could exercise mercy and spare the defendant's life. With newly appointed Justice Joyce L. Kennard writing her first majority opinion, the court refused in a 6-1 decision to grant a retrial of the penalty phase to Jesse James Andrews, 39, who was found guilty of murdering two men and a woman during a drug-related robbery. Andrews' contention that his sentence was disproportionate to the crime was "devoid of merit," Kennard said. "In an attempt to obtain drugs and money, the defendant committed three cold-blooded killings. He beat all three victims, raped and sodomized one, and strangled two with wire coat hangers." No Obligation The court said also that contrary to Andrews' claims, the trial judge had no duty to tell jurors they could show the defendant mercy. In any event, the justices said, the jury was told it could consider "compassion" or "any other aspect about the defendant's character or record" that would justify a sentence of life in prison rather than death. In dissent, Justice Stanley Mosk agreed with the rest of the court that Andrews' conviction should be affirmed. But Mosk said the sentence should be overturned because jurors were not instructed they could exercise mercy. It was thus reasonably possible that the jury incorrectly believed it could not be merciful, Mosk said. In a capital case, jurors must be told of their "absolute power . . . to choose life over death--whether or not the defendant deserves sympathy--simply because life is desirable and death is not," he said. Mosk's dissent also criticized much of the reasoning of Kennard's opinion--her first for the majority since taking the bench last April as an appointee of Gov. George Deukmejian. While judges frequently question each other's legal reasoning, Mosk, the court's senior justice, appeared to go to unusual lengths in finding fault with Kennard's analysis of the issues in the case. Twice, Mosk said the majority's reasoning "leaves something to be desired." Twice more, he said the majority justices "miss the point" on an issue. In a discussion of two recent federal decisions, the analysis "appears unnecessary (and) also appears wrong," he said. And in yet another instance, the majority said "not a word" about a significant issue, Mosk said. State Deputy Atty. Gen. William T. Harter called the ruling a "just result," and said in view of the brutal nature of the crime, it was unlikely the jury would have been influenced by the instruction Mosk said should have been given. "The defendant was not someone who was going to generate much merciful feeling," Harter said. articles.latimes.com/1989-08-04/local/me-636_1_death-penalty
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