Serial Killer Database Wiki. Defendant used his blood to draw a pentagram on the floor and write the number 666. Menu. The defense focused on the lack of physical evidence tying defendant to the charged crimes, attacked the reliability of the identifications of defendant, and offered the alibi that defendant was in Texas when the crimes against Mabel Bell, Florence L., and Carol K. were committed. [Citation.] You guys got me, the Stalker. 608-223-0017. Just prior to the lineup, Crawford saw a police officer who was conversing with some children raise his index and middle fingers. An abuse of discretion may be found when the trial court's ruling falls outside the bounds of reason. [Citation. WebMaxine Zazzara was born on May 15, 1940 in Arkansas, USA. She did not lose consciousness, but lay still. After taking a few labored breaths, Mr. Doi stopped breathing and the firefighters tried to resuscitate him. Each juror makes an individual evaluation of each fact or circumstance offered in mitigation of penalty. 495.). omitted.). After finding prints on a stolen car and releasing a mugshot to the public, Ramirez was apprehended after he was subdued by a group of residents and was beaten before cops could step in. Do you understand the court is ordering you [to] do that? 586-587, 186 Cal.Rptr. He continued to beat her, forcing her to swear upon Satan that she would not scream. Relying upon our decision in Williams v. Superior Court (1989) 49 Cal.3d 736, 263 Cal.Rptr. The trial court denied the motion, declaring that no doubt had arisen in the court's mind concerning the defendant's competence because it appeared the defendant understood the nature of the proceedings and was able to assist counsel. This was problematic for investigators because that would mean the killer could just change his shoe, and the lead would go cold. We missed him, detective Gil Carrillo said. The court instructed the jury that [t]he weighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances does not mean a mere mechanical counting of factors on each side of an imaginary scale, or the arbitrary assignment of weights to any of them. I mean, quite frankly, gentlemen, Mr. Ramirez has been in restraints the entire period of jury selection [] One or the other at this point, and if you want a hearing as to whether or not we ought to have any restraints at all, I will be happy to give that to you on a Friday sometime and we'll thrash it out. Defendant chose to keep the leg chains because the leg brace was too uncomfortable. Defendant did not request a hearing concerning whether restraints of any type were justified. On the morning of July 19, 1985, the bodies of Maxon and Lela Kneiding were discovered in their bed by their daughter, who had come looking for them after they failed to meet her at a restaurant for breakfast as planned. At the time of trial, former Code of Civil Procedure section 197 provided: It is the policy of the State of California that all persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the area served by the court (Stats.1980, ch. Originally from Southern California, Nenette Evans met and married Bill Evans in 1973. WebMaxine L. Zazzara, Downey, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellant. The juror's death had no connection to the present case and it is not apparent from the record that anything in the media accounts of the juror's murder would have affected the jury's deliberations. Defendant entered holding a gun and ordered her to be quiet. at p. 726, 83 S.Ct. The jury resumed deliberations the following day, August 16, 1989, but defendant moved to suspend deliberations to allow the jury a period of mourning. Frank Moreno and Carmelo Robles responded and chased defendant down an alley. He found his mother, Jennie Vincow, dead in her bedroom. A partial shoe print found on an unplugged clock was consistent with an Avia athletic shoe. The prosecutor responded that the photographs were not unduly gruesome and were relevant to show that the body had been covered by a blanket (which affected the determination of the time of death), the nature and extent of her injuries, and the position of her clothing, which suggested a sexual assault. [Citations. I will be avenged. And these cassettes that we have seen have refreshed my memory Your point, in other words, is made regarding the extent of media coverage that has been afforded this case., Following several days of oral testimony presented by defendant in support of his motion for change of venue, the court permitted defendant time to file a statement regarding matters you wish to have judicial notice or acknowledgment of the existence of. The People objected to much of the material submitted by defendant, and the court ruled: Now I have read that carefully, I have read all of the matters that are attached thereto, and I am at this time willing to accept and acknowledge that everything set forth in that document is true, the factual matters set forth therein are true, that this publicity was disseminated to the public throughout the Southern California area about the time indicated. (Italics added. Launie Dempster, who delivers newspapers, testified that she had seen defendant in a car parked near the Dois' home an hour and a half before the attack. The weight to which such a circumstance is entitled and whether or not such conduct shows a consciousness of guilt are matters for your determination., The jury properly could infer that defendant's refusal to remove his sunglasses so that the witness could better identify him demonstrated a consciousness of guilt in the same manner as a defendant's refusal to provide a handwriting exemplar. Linda Doi-Fick, the daughter of William and Yuriko Doi, later identified several items of property that had been taken from her parents' home, including her mother's wallet and pieces of jewelry, which had been recovered from Felipe Solano, who had purchased the items from defendant. at p. 476, 106 Cal.Rptr.2d 313, 21 P.3d 1225. (a); 954.1), we apply the law predating Proposition 115. ] (People v. Panah, supra, 35 Cal.4th 395, 447, 25 Cal.Rptr.3d 672, 107 P.3d 790. The victim repeated her identification of defendant at trial. 1. Her blouse had been pulled up. A blood sample recovered from the house in which Mary Cannon was murdered differed from defendant's blood type. ] (Ibid. Dr. Raymond Weeks, a professor of sociology, was called by defendant as an expert on demographics and testified that he analyzed questionnaires of more than 10,000 persons who appeared for jury service in the Central Judicial District from August to mid-December of 1987 and noted that 14 percent identified themselves as Hispanic. One of the victim's shoes was found on the ground and the other was in her car. Defendant said, I don't know why I'm letting you live I've killed people before. He threatened to have a friend come back and kill her if she went to the police. At the time of the survey, more than a year after defendant was arrested, only 31.7 percent indicated they continued to have feelings about this case, with the rest agreeing that they had pretty much forgotten about it.. Evidence that does no more than form the basis for speculation regarding possible current incompetence is not sufficient. The trial court correctly noted that because of the number of prospective jurors that could be assembled in Los Angeles County, it was likely that an impartial jury could be chosen. Defendant has presented no persuasive reason to reconsider our previous holdings. 10234 Strong Ave, Whittier, CA 90601 | realtor.com Gallegos identified defendant at trial. ), A trial court's denial of a motion for severance may be reversed only if the court has abused its discretion. Defendant made Carol K. and her son lie on the floor and covered them with a sheet. On appeal, defendant argues that the charges could have been easily severed, for example, into four separate groups involving the following groups of victims: (1) Petersen, Whitney B., Sophie D., and Carol K.; (2) Elyas A., Okazaki, Yu, and Kneiding; (3) Zazzara, Chainarong K., Bell, Cannon, and Nelson; and (4) Vincow. 626 F.2d 135 - Public.Resource.Org 83, 759 P.2d 1260.) The defense did not contest that defendant was a burglar. I realize that that is going to be a very difficult one for you, but I would like you to get working on that as well.. 720, 807 P.2d 949, disapproved on other grounds in People v. Stansbury (1995) 9 Cal.4th 824, 830, fn. One of the 6-year-old survivors would be crucial in identifying Ramirez later on. The Court: All right. One time, he attempted a kidnapping but it failed, and while he was driving away he committed a traffic violation and a cop saw it happen. [T]he reviewing court must independently examine the record and determine de novo whether a fair trial is or was obtainable. [Citation.] 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403, alter this conclusion (People v. Cornwell (2005) 37 Cal.4th 50, 103, 104, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 117 P.3d 622.). Defendant pointed his gun at her, but then ran away. Defendant argues on appeal that the trial court erred in denying his motion for severance in violation of his Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, asserting that this case could have been easily severed, for example, into four separate groups. The trial court did not err in denying defendant's severance motion.6, Section 954 permits related offenses to be charged in a single accusatory pleading unless there is good cause to try them separately: An accusatory pleading may charge two or more different offenses connected together in their commission or two or more different offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses, provided, that the court in which a case is triable, in the interests of justice and for good cause shown, may in its discretion order that the different offenses or counts set forth in the accusatory pleading be tried separately or divided into two or more groups and each of said groups tried separately., Defendant's motion in the trial court to sever the charges was confusing. Defendant twice asserts in his opening brief that in People v. Ortiz, supra, 51 Cal.3d 975, 275 Cal.Rptr. Similarly, the band Testament released in 1987 a song entitled Alone in the Dark that says that Faustus prepares the legions of the night. (< http://www.darklyrics. She had injuries on her body caused by burns. To the contrary, we noted that, on remand, the superior court might appoint them as counsel. When he was arrested, defendant invited the police to kill him, and asked to borrow a gun so he could kill himself. 8.85, that it could consider under section 190.3, factor (a), the circumstances of the crime and the existence of any special circumstances, and could consider under section 190.3, factor (b) criminal activity other than the crimes charged in the present case. Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. (187, subd. Five went to Arizona, and one was sold in Los Angeles. Fox says life with Parkinson's is 'getting harder': "I'm not gonna be 80', Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrate 35 years of marriage with cake, Chris Pratt talks Marvel audition fails: 'I was never gonna audition for Marvel again'. Conflicts of interest may arise in various factual settings. at pp. Our decision in Drumgo, accordingly, has no application here. The Defendant: I understand. You probably know how vicious his crimes were but the true-crime series delves deeply into how bloody and gory they really were. Maxine Zazzara was born on 15 May 1940 in Arkansas, USA. It is clear, therefore, that Hispanics were not systematically excluded from the venire from which defendant's jury was chosen.9. [Defense Counsel]: And you know that you have a right to take the stand? All the channels had the same kind of mixture of hard news and fluff, and I don't see any point in sitting here watching, you know, all of the channels. To the contrary, defendant presented testimony from a convicted burglar that she had committed burglaries with defendant. Because the record establishes a manifest need for some form of physical restraint, defendant cannot complain that a less visible form of restraint, such as a leg brace, should have been used rather than leg shackles. Her skull had been fractured; the injury could have been caused by a hammer. Under these circumstances, the court did not err in denying defense counsel's motion to appoint a psychiatrist to evaluate defendant. In any event, defendant does not explain how he would have been prejudiced even had the jurors disregarded the court's instructions and viewed media accounts of the juror's murder. Although only one member of the jury indicated during voir dire that he never had heard of the case, they all stated they had not formed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of Richard Ramirez regarding this case and could be fair. (c)), and 14 counts of first degree burglary (459). 2557, 2561, 165 L.Ed.2d 409.) ] (People v. Taylor (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1155, 1180, 113 Cal.Rptr.2d 827, 34 P.3d 937; People v. Earp (1999) 20 Cal.4th 826, 899, 85 Cal.Rptr.2d 857, 978 P.2d 15. Defendant's palm print was found on the sink. Nenette Evans: My Life With Bill A hearing was held on August 31, 1989. His cousin killed his wife right in front of him when he was 13 years old. The court's exercise of that discretion will not be disturbed on appeal unless the probative value of the photographs clearly is outweighed by their prejudicial effect. (People v. Coleman, supra, 46 Cal.3d 749, 776, 251 Cal.Rptr. The court dismissed the juror, replaced him with one of the alternate jurors, and instructed the jury to begin its deliberations anew. Defendant contends that the circumstance that he was restrained by leg shackles deprived him of his due process and fair trial rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution., On the first day of jury selection, July 21, 1988, the court informed counsel outside the hearing of the jury that the bailiff reported that defendant was unhappy wearing a leg brace. 8.84.1 that it must determine what the facts are from the evidence received during the entire trial unless you are instructed otherwise. Defendant argues that this instruction erroneously permitted the jury to consider aggravating factors not listed in section 190.3. Maxine Zazzara's body was found in the bedroom lying on her bed, partially covered by a sheet. Whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the challenged photographs of the murder victims depends upon two factors: (1) whether the photographs were relevant, and (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining that the probative value of each photograph outweighed its prejudicial effect. In their ransacked home, Vincent Zazzara, 64, was found with a bullet hole in the head. On June 7, 1988, during a readiness conference, Raymond Arce testified that a new master list had been compiled to be used in the upcoming 1988-1989 fiscal year and that duplicate names on the registrar of voters list and the DMV list were determined by comparing both the name and the date of birth, which resulted in a master list that was ten percentage points higher in the Hispanic representation. The percentage of Hispanics on the new master list was 28.4 percent. at p. 742, fn. But one political figure would make a damming mistake later on. He fails, however, to explain how these instances evince what he describes as ongoing potential conflicts of interest between appellant and trial counsel that required an inquiry by the trial court. With only one exception, there was evidence of the theft of property in each of the other charged crimes in which defendant entered a residence. Okazaki's roommate, Maria Hernandez, was shown a photographic lineup that did not include defendant's photograph, and she said one of the photographs resembled her attacker. com/lyrics/testament/thelegacy. Defense counsel then questioned defendant as follows: [Defense counsel]: Mr. Ramirez, is it true that do you [sic] not wish to take the stand in your behalf during this phase of the trial? At trial, defendant objected to three photographs of murder victim Jennie Vincow lying on her bed as very inflammatory and gruesome. Sickeningly, it was then that Ramirez began to establish his signature attack style: shoot and kill the husband, then assault and stab the wife. Avia shoe prints also were found at the scene of Cannon's murder, and defendant was seen sitting in a parked car next door to Nelson's house shortly before she was murdered and Avia shoe prints were found in her flower bed. Trematodes are parasitic worms, found in the bodies of various animals, having a flattish or cylindrical form, with skin often perforated by pores, and usually furnished with adhesive suckers. (18 Oxford English Dict. WebThey have also lived in Kensington, MD and College Park, MD. Later, in an interview from jail, he posed the question of whether serial killers are born or bred. Evidence Code section 1101, subdivision (b), permits the admission of evidence that a person committed a crime when relevant to prove some fact (such as intent ) other than his or her disposition to commit such an act. In order to be relevant to prove intent, the other crime must be sufficiently similar to support the inference that the defendant probably harbor[ed] the same intent in each instance. [Citations. One stated: The weight to be given to the factors in aggravation and mitigation is a matter for each juror to determine. Give me your gun, I'll take care of myself. ), Defendant argues the death penalty statute in effect at the time of defendant's trial permitted capricious infliction of punishment under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal Constitution because it permitted the jury to consider the same facts in determining defendant's guilt of the charged offenses, the truth of the special circumstance allegations, and the proper penalty. The de novo standard of review applies to our consideration of the five relevant factors: (1) nature and gravity of the offense; (2) nature and extent of the media coverage; (3) size of the community; (4) community status of the defendant; and (5) prominence of the victim. [Citation.]' In the present case, the determinate sentences were imposed for crimes that were committed separately from, or involved victims other than, the murders for which defendant was sentenced to death. Nor do we find any authority to support defendant's argument that the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, or their California counterparts, impose such a duty. (People v. Maury (2003) 30 Cal.4th 342, 392, 133 Cal.Rptr.2d 561, 68 P.3d 1.) The very act of questioning deliberating jurors about the content of their deliberations could affect those deliberations. (Id. The court stated: The court finds that the defendant's waiver of his right to testify and his waiver of the right to put on evidence during the penalty phase, these waivers have been freely, voluntarily and intelligently made and joined in by his counsel., A.Pretrial Issues1. ] [Citation. The den and bedroom had been ransacked. Holding a news conference, she held up a police sketch of the killer, and also went on to describe the evidence from all the cases throughout the state crucial information that hadnt been made public. So long as it considered the evidence offered at the guilt phase of trial solely for this purpose, the jury was entitled to take into account all of the evidence offered at the guilt phase as part of the circumstances of the crime, an aggravating factor that the jury may consider in its penalty deliberations. In view of the above facts, the court is ordering that both attorneys make full disclosure to Mr. Ramirez of any facts which might bear on their ability to effectively represent him in this case After this disclosure, if there are any made, the court will, if Mr. Ramirez desires, offer him independent assistance to check any information disclosed to him. [Citation.] Accordingly, defendant has not preserved this claim for review. And by then, investigators knew Ramirez was watching the news, because he told a surviving victim, I am the Night Stalker.. Richard Ramirez, known as The Night Stalker, is one of the most prolific and vicious serial killers to have terrorized the streets of Los Angeles in the 80s. Const., art. WebVincent Zazzara Richard Ramirez Maxine Levenia Tedder Zazzara at Find a Grave. Citing Rideau v. Louisiana (1963) 373 U.S. 723, 83 S.Ct. L[. The Defendant: Yes. Thats a pretty sick individual. Indeed, he would help himself to food and drinks in the kitchen after his crime. The appellate court presumes in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence. (People v. Kraft, supra, 23 Cal.4th 978, 1053, 99 Cal.Rptr.2d 1, 5 P.3d 68.). at p. 293, fn. Ramirez is now known to have had extremely bad teeth, and in the stolen car, they found a business card for a dentists office. WebBorn In: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States 19 2 Musicians #1201 Quick Facts Died At Age: 51 Family: Spouse/Ex-: Nenette Zazzara father: Harry mother: Mary Evans siblings: Harry Evans (Harold) Born Country: United States American Men New Jersey Musicians Died on: September 15, 1980 place of death: Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States Hernandez approached the front door of her condominium and found it ajar.
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