Charles Edward Case - California Death Row

**Guest** · 10-14-2010, 12:10 PM

Summary of Offense:

Case was called the "Midday Rapist." Case was convicted of the 1993 Father's Day murder and robbery of Val Lorraine Manuel, 71, and Gary Duane Tudor, 39. Case herded the bartender Manuel and customer Tudor into a rural bar's bathroom sometime after 8 p.m., and then shot them both to death execution-style.

Case was sentenced to death in Sacramento County on October 25, 1996.

caslar · 10-15-2011, 08:30 PM

Unfortunately This is a direct descendant of my Grandpa as well as my Dads brother. I'm 40 yrs old & for as long as I can remember, Chuck has been incarcerated for one thing or another. My Grandmother always said that she just hoped she lived long enough to see "Chuck" get out of prison. Little did any of know, he had been out of prison BEFORE she died. I have only the wish that he dies a very painful death.
The worst of it all is that it's not going to bring anyone back.
L.Case

**Heidi** · 10-16-2011, 04:28 AM

Welcome to the site caslar. Thank you for your post. It's refreshing to hear from a family member of the condemned that believes they deserve their punishment. Case has made your entire family victims as well.

**Heidi** · 10-16-2011, 04:39 AM

* CHARLES EDWARD CASE, AKA THE MIDDAY RAPIST: Usually struck about noon, after using the Yellow Pages to target small shops where female clerks worked alone. Would tie them up with electrical wire or duct tape. Released from San Quentin in 1991 after serving less than half his sentence, was shortly re-arrested, this time for the Father's Day slayings in 1993 of two bar patrons.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz1aw44BFen

**Moh** · 10-16-2011, 05:42 AM

It's incredible, even by California standards, that Case's direct appeal has yet to be resolved.

caslar · 10-16-2011, 06:38 AM

How do I find this information?

**Heidi** · 10-16-2011, 07:12 AM

By searching the California Supreme Court website. Here is a link to the information I found.

http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S057156

Case Summary

Supreme Court Case: S057156

Court of Appeal Case(s): no data found

Trial Court Case: Sacramento County Superior Court
93F05175

Case Caption: PEOPLE v. CASE (CHARLES E.)

Case Category: Automatic Appeal

Start Date: 10/25/1996

Case Status: respondent's brief due

Issues: Automatic appeal from a judgment of death.

Case Citation: none

Sadly what that information means, Case was convicted in 1996 and the California Supreme Court has not rendered a decision on his direct appeal.

Here is another link to all court filings in the case. At the bottom of that page it gives an option to request automatic e-mail notifications about this case.

http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S057156