Rptr. Defendant bought a van, choosing one with sliding doors to make it easier to seize a victim and drag her into the van. He later said it brought him to tears, and caused him to change his stance on capital punishment, from anti to pro. Perhaps so; one can argue that evidence that a defendant has been in jail most of his life and has an antisocial personality disorder is not likely to sway a jury in his favor. Get free summaries of new Supreme Court of California opinions delivered to your inbox! The next morning defendant took Lamp up a hill, took some photographs, and left her there. Hein responded, "That's correct.". To establish a prima facie case, the defendant "must show a strong likelihood that such persons are being challenged because of their group association rather than because of any specific bias." 3d 1, it nonetheless appears erroneous in two respects. Defendant contends that subsequent searches of his van, storage boxes, and jail cell, done pursuant to a warrant, were unlawful. (See People v. Robertson (1982) 33 Cal. 3d 1093]. He argues that because defendant's mental state was not in issue, Dr. Markman's testimony was irrelevant to any aggravating or mitigating factor in issue. 3d 21, 55 [188 Cal. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. fn. After the girls entered the van, Norris hit Lamp with a sap (a plastic bag filled with lead weights), then subdued and tied Gilliam. Neither can we determine whether the prosecutor, at the time he asked the question, intended to prove the fact at issue. [Citation omitted.]'" Caldwell v. Mississippi, supra, 472 U.S. 320, however, tells us that the sentencer must assume the full burden of deciding whether a defendant should live or die. Norris got out and stood guard while defendant raped Hall. He was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison. 1, 609 P.2d 468].). Defendant characterizes the prosecutor's argument here as coming within the framework of Caldwell v. Mississippi, supra, 472 U.S. 320, but the frame does not fit. Defendant said it looked like "Cindy," and asked Lambert to add coat hangers and pliers to the picture. Subsequent cases, however, have steadily drawn back from the use of a per se standard. Section 1076 is not directly in point, since Staggs was not so much prejudiced against the defendant as she was against the offense itself. 3d 749, and Ross, supra, 487 U.S. 81, is not a constitutional right but a means to achieve the end of an impartial jury. The misconduct, however, could have been cured by timely objection and admonition. 19.) Defendant presumably could have given the court or counsel any information he had at that time. Explorer Hitta liknande podcasts. This argument is inconsistent with our opinion in People v. Allen (1986) 42 Cal. Even if the court had already reached a tentative decision, it could have reconsidered on the basis of any new information presented. (P. 545, fn. 15 Holding that the doctrine did not permit the search of a closed container within a vehicle (p. 423) -- a holding that does not affect the present case -- the court remarked that "[i]f there were any vitality to the 'instrumentality' exception as it applies to automobiles , it would be applicable only to a scientific examination of the object itself, for example for fingerprints, bloodstains, or the taking of tire impressions or paint scrapings." 785].). 3d 351 [128 Cal. Our decisions in People v. Love, (1961) 56 Cal. [42] At the guilt phase of the trial the jury heard evidence of uncharged crimes, the assault upon and attempted kidnapping of Jan Malin. Second, and perhaps more important, the judge did not conduct an adequate voir dire himself. 777, 366 P.2d 33] and People v. Ketchel, supra, 59 Cal. Defendant now renews his claim that the court erred in denying the challenges for cause to five jurors. (See People v. Green (1980) 27 Cal. (P. 3d 1069] into the mountains, engaged in various sexual acts, and took pictures. 771. 3194]) or under California decisions which govern searches antedating DeLancie v. Superior Court (1982) 31 Cal. I felt like I was sweating but I wasnt. 3d 258, 283 [148 Cal. The prosecutor then put on further evidence of defendant's 1974 assault on a store clerk. Therefore, when the trial court denied defendant's suppression motion, it necessarily ruled on the voluntariness of defendant's consent. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. We therefore find no prejudicial error. She responded with an unqualified "yes." Try again later. The trial judge had excluded evidence of this event because of the difficulty in explaining MDSO classification and procedure to the jury. Juror Gwen Pico told the outlet she "tried keep an open mind but that the tape was very damaging, it stunned us all," while another juror said after listening to it, "I had a dream I was coming down an elevator at the courthouse and when it opened Bittaker was standing there and he threw cinders in my face.". Defendant offered her a ride. Make sure that the file is a photo. This would have enabled his attorney to research Douglas's background, prepare for his testimony and assess whether they should have modified the defense strategy in light of Douglas's expected testimony. 3d 512, 538-544, we recognized that the wording of an instruction in the statutory language "leave[s] room for some confusion as to the jury's role" in determining the [48 Cal. She also spontaneously stated that she believed that a person is innocent until proven guilty. Defendant was charged with conspiracy to kidnap women, however, [48 Cal. Shirley Lynette Ledford Born March 4, 1963 in California She worked part time at a restaurant Theres hardly any information out there about her An autopsy was done and in addition to the strangulation they saw 3d 841, 864 [180 Cal. We find it unnecessary to resolve these issues. Sergeant Farrand was stationed approximately five to six feet away from Officer Valento during the arrest. Twitter A harrowing tape of Ledfords Halloween murder led to the conviction of the so-called Toolbox Killers.. 340, 426 P.2d 908]; see People v. Valerio (1970) 13 Cal. Norris in return agreed to help the sheriff to find the bodies of the victims and physical evidence relating to the murders, to testify at defendant's trial, and to plead guilty to five counts of murder without special circumstances, two counts of rape, and one of robbery. Staggs told the judge that she had worked at a rape crisis center, and did not believe she would be impartial in a case involving charges of rape. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? According to Douglas, defendant said he pinched Gilliam's legs and breasts with a vise grip, finally tearing off part of the nipple, then thrust an ice pick through her breast and twisted it. Dr. Maloney, testifying for the defense at the penalty trial, said he had discussed his report with Dr. Coburn, a psychiatrist, and that Dr. Coburn agreed with its conclusions. [38] The trial court instructed the jury that it could find first degree murder based on the infliction of torture if two requirements were met: "(1) the act or acts which cause the death must involve a high degree of probability of death, and (2) the defendant must commit such act or acts with a wilful, deliberate and premeditated intent to inflict extreme and prolonged pain." 325, 88 A.L.R.2d 785] [attorney-client privilege].) Rptr. (Pp. 3d 1105] rape was not forcible went beyond the evidence. (See Walter v. United States (1980) 447 U.S. 649 [65 L. Ed. 3d 889, 896 [135 Cal. (P. 3d 1075] pistol, and chemicals. The audio cassette is now used to 3d 1098] that defendant wrote a threatening letter to the judge who presided over his prior assault trial. Shirley Lynette Ledford was born on March 4, 1963 in California. (People v. Hill (1967) 66 Cal. That's true." It found felony-murder special circumstances based on forcible oral copulation as to victims Hall and Ledford, and forcible sodomy as to Ledford. 369, 506 P.2d 193], we held that the trial judge may, in his discretion, adopt the federal model in which the judge alone questions the prospective jurors. [33] Defendant invokes the rule that it is "improper to ask questions which clearly suggested the existence of facts which would have been harmful to defendant, in the absence of a good faith belief by the prosecutor that the questions would be answered in the affirmative, or with a belief on his part that the facts could be proved, and a purpose to prove them, if their existence should be denied." 5 In explanation, defendant said that the book was part fact, based on what he had been told by Norris, and part fiction. 2d 497 [75 Cal. The court told defense counsel that under the rules he could not rehabilitate her, and granted the challenge. Gary Louie, the victim of defendant's 1974 assault, testified at the penalty trial. FN 9. We have set your language to 3d 258, 280.) The evidence included testimony concerning defendant's discussion of his sexual fantasies with Richard Shoopman, various sadomasochistic and bondage magazines found in defendant's possession, and evidence [48 Cal. 442], defendant, an attorney, was accused of defrauding a senile client. Upptck. 34 [48, 49] We find no reversible error. App. (b) Tapes, photographs, and other physical evidence. The judge, however, refused to admit the drawings into evidence, ruling that they would be more prejudicial than probative. The trial court acted properly in denying this challenge for cause. There is a problem with your email/password. 2d 287, 292, fn. The Toolbox Killer Airs Sunday, October 3rd. App. (46 Cal.3d at p. After raping a woman in Colorado, Norris returned to California and called defendant. 664, 693 P.2d 243].) The police ultimately recovered fourteen photographs and five letters, two of which were introduced as evidence. 2d 1002, 109 S. Ct. Rptr. In North a young girl was abducted at knifepoint by the defendant and forced into his car. 3d 410 [153 Cal. 172, 450 P.2d 564] and its progeny to uphold the seizure of the van as an instrumentality of the crime. (P. 3d 258, 280.) As for general voir dire of course the code section allows the attorney a reasonable opportunity to make inquiry of the respective jurors for cause. Norris wrestled her to the floor, stripped the clothes of the her. [] If the death penalty isn't proper in this case, when would it ever be proper? If defendant had moved under section 987.9 for funds to hire a jury-selection expert, we could view the judge's statement as a denial of that motion, and inquire whether it was an abuse of discretion. If any one out there can assist in obtaining them, please email. We have also noted the possible invalidity of one witness-killing and four torture-murder special circumstances. (P. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? ( 1538.5, subd. The prosecution did not introduce the book in its case-in-chief, but made use of it, over defense objection, in cross-examining defendant. 2d 620 [6 Cal. Belief in the truth of the assumption that sentencers treat the power to determine the appropriateness of death as an 'awesome responsibility' has allowed this Court to view sentencer discretion as consistent with the Eighth [Amendment] ." (Pp. This browser does not support getting your location. "For those of you who do not know what hell is like, you will find out," prosecutor Stephen Kay told the jurors, according to a 1981 UPI report. The prosecutor challenged for cause. Ill be Looking forward to seeing you. 555 [110 P. Shortly after beginning his argument, he asked the jury: "What penalty has Lawrence Sigmond Bittaker earned in this case? [48 Cal. The judge asked if she would be willing to listen to the evidence and be a fair and impartial juror; she said that "I could try, but I believe it would be difficult. We reviewed a study by Dr. Craig Haney which indicated that jurors who had been through a death-qualifying process were more likely to believe the defendant guilty and to favor the death penalty, and noted his conclusion that "'[t]he more extensive the questioning, the more you would expect to find important differences between the state of mind of jurors who have been through the one process [death-qualification] as compared with those who have been though the other [voir dire without death qualification].'" 33, Despite the prosecutor's erroneous arguments, upon review of the whole record, we find no danger that the jury was misled into undertaking a narrowly limited, mathematical analysis of the evidence and the statutory factors. However, in North v. Superior Court, supra, 8 Cal. Whether the identification/notice of authority requirement was fulfilled is less clear. fn. 3d 573, 584 [209 Cal. [25] It is clear that defendant's motion was untimely. 3d 301 [104 Cal. Rptr. 3d 526 [179 Cal. [44] The prosecutor argued without objection that "Bittaker was the one with the violent past" and that "Norris had been sent to prison on a rape by threat, not forcible rape, but a rape by threat." Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. ), FN 12. After a 50-year gap in which we have found no reported cases, this court again addressed the subject in People v. Williams, supra, 29 Cal. Defendant then signed it "Pliers Bittaker," a jail nickname he had acquired from his stories of torturing women with pliers. WebThe audio tape Bittaker and Norris created of themselves raping and torturing Shirley Lynette Ledford remains in the possession of the FBI Academy. Ironically, despite defendant's many crimes he was actually arrested for one which he may not have committed. Yet the prosecutor was aware that Norris had previously been found to have committed a violent rape in which he beat the victim with a rock, and was committed as a MDSO. Defendant maintains that this statement improperly invited the jury to speculate on whether defendant might be released from prison despite a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. WebFind a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6681995/shirley-lynette-ledford: accessed ), memorial page for Shirley Lynette Ledford (4 Mar 19631 2d 356, the judge also excused prospective jurors each of whom had "made it unmistakably clear that he would not vote in favor of the death penalty under any circumstances, no matter what evidence was presented." Defendant then killed Hall by thrusting an ice pick through her ear into her brain. Teale, supra, 70 Cal. (e) The method of weighing factors and determining penalty. They eventually seized a number of items, including two pieces of jewelry (crosses with chains), a douche package, a "sap," a book on locating police broadcasting frequencies, a container of Vaseline, and several cassette tapes, including the tape recording the torture of Ledford. 10 nor statutory directives concerning warrants require that criminal proceedings must be instituted before an arrest warrant may be issued. By failing to follow up on meaningless (Juror Martin) or ambiguous (Juror Porrazzo) answers, he placed counsel in an impossible position; counsel had reason to believe the jurors were disqualified, but could not prove it without further questions designed to elicit a clear and unambiguous response. Defendant admitted the assault on Jan Malin, and his description of the incident corresponds to that of Norris and Malin. Thus while the instrumentality doctrine justifies the officer's entry into the van to search for bloodstains and other evidence of Ms. R.'s rape, it may not in itself justify the search of the van for other objects not attached to or part of the van itself. At the beginning of the tape, the sounds one hears are of Bittaker slapping her. 768.) 313, 492 P.2d 1], which states the law governing defendant's trial, a felony conviction was admissible to impeach only if the offense bore upon veracity. Defendant contends that the search of Shoopman's cell and seizure of evidence was illegal because the affidavit supporting the warrant contained a reference to the contents of the Ledford tape. [36] The court instructed the jury that Norris was an accomplice as a matter of law, and his testimony required corroboration. They then threw the body into the bushes. Failed to remove flower. It barred only proof of his classification . Rptr. Any juror sitting in a case such as this would properly expect the issues and evidence to have an emotional impact. 309-310; Bloyd, supra, at p. Rptr. The prosecution requested two additional challenges also, to which the court agreed. Norris compelled Ledford to orally copulate him, then turned on the recorder and began hitting her on the elbow with a hammer. McLaughlin was present during this voir dire to assist defense counsel. [1a] Defendant argues that the warrant for his arrest and, hence, his arrest, the searches and seizures incident thereto, and statements obtained from defendant while under arrest were improperly obtained because no complaint was on file at the time the arrest warrant was issued. If the prosecutor had exercised the two additional challenges, however, we would face a quite different situation, since the prosecutor did not claim that the court had erroneously denied any of his challenges for cause. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Questions and comment on defendant concealing evidence. Shoopman denied receiving such a letter, and the prosecutor did not mention the matter further. The prosecutor asked, "in fact, Mr. Bittaker, Mr. Norris was afraid of you, isn't that true?" fn. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Upon rehearing, we approved a jury instruction to the same effect. Rptr. Of the convictions brought before the jury, only Douglas's conviction for burglary would meet that test. The right to voir dire, like the right to peremptory challenge at issue in Coleman, supra, 46 Cal. [S]ome cases are so brutal, so vicious, so horrendous, so inhumane that in order for us to exist as a society, we have to totally repudiate the conduct involved and we have to say, 'we will not accept it, we will not allow it, and the one mainly responsible for it has to suffer the supreme penalty.' The second portion of the tape contains Norris's voice, urging Ledford to scream, and more screaming by Ledford. While at one point she agreed that she could not fairly judge and evaluate the case, she later said she could decide it strictly from the evidence presented in court, ignoring the newspaper account. A capital sentencing scheme relying on jury discretion, Caldwell said, assumes "'that jurors confronted with the truly awesome responsibility of decreeing death for a fellow human will act with due regard for the consequences of their decision [].' Friends and family testified that they had never been seen after the date [48 Cal. 3d 815 [106 Cal. Or has he earned the lesser penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole? Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Defendant and Norris picked them up in defendant's van. (See People v. Harrison (1910) 13 Cal. [11] Defendant claims he was improperly deprived of his constitutional and statutory right to be present on seven occasions during trial. Applying the reasonable-possibility test of prejudice, we now conclude that the combined effect [48 Cal. 638-639.) In the present case, there is evidence that Shoopman received letters from defendant which he destroyed, but we have no information as to the contents of those letters, or what the prosecutor knew of their contents. If you conclude that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances, you shall impose a sentence of death. In failing to so instruct, the court erred. We held that Teale did not intend to limit the seizure of evidence in plain view only to those objects within the immediate reach of the person arrested. It is not the function of the jury to "appeal proof" its verdict. They drove [48 Cal. This page may contain sensitive or adult content that's not for everyone. 2d 694, 86 S. Ct. 1602, 10 A.L.R.3d 974]) warnings and without defendant's counsel being present. The prosecutor said that defendant "would never be rehabilitated. WebHe had served less than three years. Defendant calls our attention to People v. Carmichael (1926) 198 Cal. The judge said, "The case law that guides this court dictates, and I make the ruling, that only certain questions, specific questions, be asked of the jurors having to do with their attitude in regard to the death penalty. Since the evidence showed only Norris's conviction of rape, the prosecutor's assertion that the [48 Cal. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. A portion of an ice pick was lodged in Gilliam's skull. Norris then drove away without defendant, who fled on foot. Defendant claims such instructions are incomplete because they omit the purpose of the torture. The prosecutor offered the evidence to prove defendant's state of mind -- that defendant did not feel intimidated by Norris -- rather than defendant's conduct on any particular occasion. fn. After about 45 minutes defendant emerged, and the 2 men argued whether to kill Schaefer. Even though defendant's original request, unlike his later motion, was not accompanied by a request for continuance, the trial court could reasonably fear that granting the request would delay proceedings. Under section 987.9, a motion for expenses must be made by written affidavit, and must be heard by a judge other than the trial judge. Defendant's motion to suppress the seized evidence under Penal Code section 1538.5 was denied by the trial court. Defendant raped her, then Norris a second time. He argues that the testimony was improper under Evidence Code section 730 because defendant did not put his mental state in issue. Rptr. These repeated displays of concern about the death penalty before any evidence of guilt has been presented may prompt the jurors to infer that the court and counsel assume the penalty trial will occur." 409, 439 P.2d 321]; People v. 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