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    Javier William Victorianne - California Death Row


    Javier William Victorianne





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    Sentenced to death in Riverside County on March 28, 2008 for the rapes and murders of 37-year-old Maria "Lisa'' Boyd on July 29, 1999 and 16-year-old Amanda Hoffman on July 31, 2000.

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    Javier Victorianne Sentenced to Death

    RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Describing a convicted double murderer as a "perverted, sadistic" individual who enjoyed brutalizing "defenseless women," a prosecutor Wednesday urged jurors to recommend the death penalty for the 31-year-old defendant, according to City News Service.

    "He is a predator who waits and cowers and bides his time, waiting for an opportunity to strike," Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Mike Hestrin said of Javier William Victorianne. "He chose to violate and degrade defenseless women. Why? Because he likes it."

    Victorianne was convicted two weeks ago of first-degree murder, along with special circumstance allegations of rape, in the deaths of 16-year-old Amanda Hoffman and 37-year-old Maria "Lisa" Boyd.

    Hestrin spent more than two hours reminding the six-man, six-woman jury about the nature and circumstances of each murder for which Victorianne was convicted.

    "Mr. Victorianne is a perverted, sadistic killer who got a thrill from sexual violence," the prosecutor said. "He wanted to degrade his victims, take away every ounce of humanity they had."

    Victorianne's attorney was scheduled to give his closing argument this afternoon in the trial's penalty phase.

    The 6-foot-4, 240-pound defendant murdered Boyd on the morning of July 29, 1999, in a room at the Riverside Inn.

    He attacked her when she refused his demands for sex, knocking her unconscious with a lamp, raping her, then strangling her and hanging her in a closet with intricately knotted electrical cords, according to testimony.

    The teen was raped and killed a year later when Victorianne lured her to Banning's Lions Park with the promise of lining her up with a job interview, according to Hestrin.

    In the pre-dawn hours of July 31, 2000, the defendant sexually assaulted the girl in the park, then strangled her with her own overalls, using the garment to hang her from a tree limb, Hestrin said.

    DNA evidence linked Victorianne to both crimes.

    "Look at the circumstances of these crimes, the bone-chilling severity," Hestrin told jurors. "Does this defendant deserve anything less than what he did to Amanda and Lisa?"

    During the penalty phase, Hestrin also accused Victorianne of abducting a mentally impaired woman from a roadside near Hemet in 2000 and raping and strangling her in the back of a van, where her decomposing body was discovered two weeks later.

    Hestrin reminded jurors about 32-year-old Kim Bray Wednesday, telling the panel that, like Boyd and Hoffman, she was chosen because she was an easy target.

    "He's a bully," Hestrin said of Victorianne. "He murdered Kim Bray the same way he murdered Lisa and Amanda ... He did not kill out of revenge or anger. He killed for the most base motives ... He liked it. It was exciting."

    Hestrin said Victorianne deserves a death sentence because it is "morally justified."

    "By saying these violent acts warrant the highest penalty, you are affirming life and rejecting and condemning the murder of the innocent with every fiber of your being," the prosecutor said.

    Victorianne's defense team said at the outset of the penalty phase that he as the product of a household where he was isolated continually, and often left on his own for entire days.

    Defense attorney Regina Fillipone told jurors last week to remember that whatever they decided to recommend, Victorianne would die in prison regardless.

    If sent to prison, Victorianne would be a "very small fish in a very, very big sea," Fillipone said.

    She argued there was no direct evidence linking Victorianne to Bray's murder, and said he was only implicated in the crime because of an alleged jailhouse conversation with a cellmate who was known for telling "a great story."

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    Counsel was appointed to represent Victorianne on direct appeal before the California Supreme Court on December 19, 2011.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S162197

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    On September 14, 2017, Victorianne filed his initial brief on direct appeal.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...NSQCAgCg%3D%3D

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    The prosecution filed a response on the 24th of August 2018.

    https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca....NSQCAgCg%3D%3D

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    Victorianne's habeas case has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since May 19, 2020.

    https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca....NSQCAgCg%3D%3D

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