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    Belinda Magana - California Death Row


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    CORONA: Juries recommend death sentences in toddler death

    Separate juries reached the same conclusion two days apart for a Corona mother and her boyfriend in the death of her son

    Separate juries concluded this week that a Corona mother and her boyfriend deserved the death penalty for the 2009 murder of her toddler son who was scalded and subjected to beatings before he died five days later.

    The jury for Naresh “Michael” Narine, 42, recommended Friday, Jan. 30, that he be sentenced to death, instead of life in prison, after hearing evidence in the penalty phase of his trial.

    A separate jury for Belinda Magana, 29, recommended a death sentence two days earlier to Judge Bernard Schwartz, who will preside at a sentencing hearing scheduled April 3 for both defendants.

    They were both found guilty earlier this month of first-degree murder, torture, mayhem and child abuse in the death of 2 1/2-year-old Malachi Magana.

    There was evidence during the trial from family members that Magana treated Malachi, conceived in a rape, differently than another son who is about two years older. After the murder, the other son went to live with a foster family and was adopted.

    Both defendants talked to Corona police investigators, after Magana admitted that the youngster was not missing after a Mother’s Day outing to a city park as she had reported, and led them to a shallow grave in Lytle Creek in San Bernardino County.

    In seeking leniency, one of Narine’s attorneys asked jurors to consider that he was a good father to his own four children. Two ex-wives testified about incidents when he hit them but no criminal cases were ever filed. The mother of his children admitted she told a different story when officers showed up about three times, because she didn’t want relatives to know of the troubles and wanted to keep her family together.

    The two defendants, who had only lived together about two months, did not seek medical care for the child and instead spanked and beat him when his cries disturbed them, according to testimony.

    http://www.pe.com/articles/death-759...na-corona.html

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    CORONA: Couple sentenced to death in toddler torture murder

    The mother of a Corona toddler, who was scalded, denied medical care and beaten when he cried in pain for days until he died, continued to deny she was responsible for his death in a hearing Friday, May 1, where she was sentenced to death for the 2009 horrific crime.

    Belinda Magana, 29, sniffled and spoke briefly about her son Malachi Magana's death as one of her defense attorneys, Darryl Exum, put his hand on her shoulder.

    In a separate sentencing that followed, Naresh Narine, who turned 43 a day earlier, chose not to speak. Narine was Magana's boyfriend at the time of the crime and was a father figure to the toddler.

    Judge Bernard Schwartz read lengthy legal findings of his independent review that supported the recommendation of separate juries for each defendant that they be sentenced to death, and ordered that they be transported to San Quentin State Prison.

    Schwartz called the conduct of Magana and Narine "repulsive and disgusting" in the suffering of the child.

    Sentencing hearings allow time for victims, their families and friends to give victim impact statements. No one appeared to speak for Malachi.

    When asked outside court after the sentencing who would speak for Malachi, Senior Deputy District Attorney Daima Calhoun, who was the lead prosecutor in the trial, said, "Me and the jury. The jury speaks for him" by their verdicts.

    Magana and Narine were found guilty in January of first-degree murder, torture, mayhem and child abuse in the boy's death.

    According to testimony, Malachi was scalded in a shower and other than his mother applying an ointment, the defendants did not seek medical help because they feared getting in trouble.

    For the next five days, both admitted hitting and beating the boy when his cries disturbed them. They drove to a party in Apple Valley and buried the body the next day near Lytle Creek in San Bernardino County.

    That day during a Mother's Day picnic at a Corona park, they reported him missing. Under Corona police questioning, Magana finally admitted what happened and led them to her son's shallow grave.

    http://www.pe.com/articles/death-766...er-corona.html
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    On January 2, 2020, counsel was appointed to represent Magana on direct appeal before the California Supreme Court.

    https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca....5SQCAgCg%3D%3D

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