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    Daniel Jacobs - Pennsylvania





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    In 1992, a York County Court of Common Pleas jury convicted Jacobs of two counts of first-degree murder for the February 10, 1992 slaying of his girlfriend, Tammy Lee Mock, and their infant daughter, Holly Danielle Jacobs. The victims’ bodies were found in the apartment where they had lived with Jacobs. Mock had been stabbed over 200 times and Jacobs, who was seven months old, drowned in the bathtub.

    Jacobs was sentenced to death in York County on January 28, 1993.

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    Mr Jacobs' conviction has been reversed.

    http://www.ydr.com/ci_16886106

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    Jacobs is still listed as being on Pennsylvania's death row.

    http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal...tion_list1_pdf

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    Last court action: On January 30, 2013, York County Judge Richard K. Renn ruled that Jacobs, pursuant to the Department of Welfare and the Department of Corrections, remains incompetent and that there is no treatment available that would render him competent. Jacobs remains incarcerated on a life sentence.

    http://www.ydr.com/crime/ci_23700241...h-warrants-has

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    1992 York murder case resumes after delays

    Daniel Jacobs wants new court-appointed attorneys — or to represent himself — as the criminal homicide case against him picks back up almost 24 years after the death of his girlfriend and baby daughter.

    The problem, Common Pleas Judge Harry M. Ness said in court on Tuesday, is that none of his requests have been filed with the Clerk of Courts. That’s because Jacobs has been writing to the judge instead of his lawyers.

    “When you ask me to do things — that’s improper,” Ness said. “Your attorneys have to know what you’re doing.”

    Jacobs, 45, of York, appeared in court for a hearing to determine what’s happening with his case, which has been in limbo for more than 10 years. In the end, nothing was decided, though he went back and forth at times with the judge.

    In September 1992, Jacobs was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of Tammy Lee Mock, 18. He was also given life in prison for the murder of their 7-month-old daughter, Holly Jacobs.

    Both were found in the bathtub of the couple’s apartment on West King Street near South Richland Avenue in York. Mock had been stabbed and cut more than 200 times, and both bodies were covered with bleach.

    The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania vacated Jacobs' death sentence in 2001, holding that his attorney, Floyd Jones, was ineffective during the penalty phase of the trial. The court ruled that Jones failed to “investigate and present evidence showing Jacobs suffered from mental retardation, organic brain damage and other emotional impairments.” In 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit then threw out his conviction in that case.

    Jacobs has been in jail or prison since Feb. 16, 1992 — the day York City police discovered the bodies. The appeal court’s decision did not change anything with the life sentence for Holly’s murder.

    Last summer, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tim Barker said, it was determined that Jacobs is now competent to stand trial.

    During the hearing on Tuesday, Judge Ness told Jacobs that his court-appointed attorneys, Bernard Ilkhanoff and Jeff Marshall, just have to be professional. And, Ness said, he might not allow Jacobs to represent himself. Later, the judge brought up an old proverb: A man who is his own lawyer has a “fool for a client.”

    “Their job is to represent you,” Ness said. “Not to keep you smiling.”

    “Well, your honor, I have to admit,” Jacobs replied, “I’ll take that chance.”

    Though nothing was decided, the next court date for the case might be scheduled for some time in January.

    “Please, try not to write me,” Ness said to Jacobs toward the end of the hearing. “Because it does not help you in any way.”

    http://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/...ourt/76600144/

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    Competency at issue in 1992 double slaying in York City

    It's been 15 years since an appeals judge threw out the death penalty for convicted York City killer Daniel Jacobs and 11 years since one of his two murder convictions was overturned entirely.

    Jacobs, 45, has remained in state prison because his first-degree murder conviction in the drowning death of his baby daughter has withstood his legal challenges. He has exhausted all appeals in that case, according to court testimony Tuesday. He's serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for drowning 7-month-old Holly Danielle Jacobs.

    It's his related first-degree murder conviction for the bloody stabbing death of his girlfriend, Tammy Mock, inside their West King Street apartment in February 1992 that was overturned. Appeals attorneys successfully argued that Jacobs' trial attorneys erred by not introducing mitigating testimony, including assertions Jacobs was mentally ill, that his IQ is less than 70 and that he was abused as a child.

    Mock, 18, was stabbed about 200 times. She was Holly's mother.

    During his competency hearing on Tuesday in York County Court, two forensic psychiatrists testified about Jacobs' mental health and whether they believe he is competent to stand trial.

    Experts disagree: Dr. Julie Kessel, retained by the defense, testified by speakerphone about her history with Jacobs. She first saw him in 1998 and was asked by attorneys to re-evaluate him in 2008, but Jacobs refused to participate, she said.

    Kessel said she was able to evaluate Jacobs earlier this year and determined he isn't competent to stand trial.

    Under questioning by defense attorney Jeffrey Marshall, Kessel said she diagnosed Jacobs with schizoid personality disorder and said he suffers from paranoid features, mild mental retardation and a cognitive disorder.

    She acknowledged during cross-examination by chief deputy prosecutor Tim Barker that Jacobs isn't schizophrenic, bipolar or depressed.

    Barker then called Dr. Larry Rotenberg to the stand.

    Rotenberg first tried to evaluate Jacobs in 2008, but Jacobs refused to participate, according to the doctor. That led him in 2009 to concur that Jacobs was mentally incompetent.

    But Rotenberg, like Kessel, found that Jacobs was amenable earlier this year to being evaluated. He said he spoke with Jacobs for 2½ hours in York County Prison.

    'Adversarial': Rotenberg told presiding Common Pleas Judge Harry M. Ness that Jacobs has a longstanding, non-psychotic view of the world that's not particularly treatable with medication. He also said Jacobs has a litigious paranoid personality.

    "He gets his gratification in life from constantly being adversarial, constantly being uncooperative," Rotenberg said, adding Jacobs views the world with "ambivalence and suspicion."

    "There's not a single person in the world who Mr. Jacobs does not have an ambivalent relationship with," Rotenberg testified. "He's never going to be happy with any lawyer or any judge at any time."

    Jacobs understands the charges against him, understands the trial process and isn't intellectually disabled, according to Rotenberg, who noted the inmate isn't a discipline problem, reads quite a bit and plays chess.

    Rotenberg diagnosed Jacobs with paranoid personality disorder and determined Jacobs is competent to stand trial.

    'Witty manipulator': According to the doctor, Jacobs will use his "capacity to manipulate his environment" to challenge the court's limits and make life difficult for his attorney, but he also can be "witty, charming and urbane."

    Jacobs wants to represent himself and wants Marshall removed from his case. He has already succeeded in having another attorney removed.

    After testimony from the two psychiatrists, Judge Ness asked Jacobs a number of questions designed to reveal whether Jacobs understands enough of the legal system to represent himself.

    He correctly answered that he's charged with first-degree murder, that a conviction on that charge requires prosecutors to prove a specific intent to kill, and he knows the lesser charge of third-degree murder is a killing committed with malice.

    He also knew the punishments for first-, second- and third-degree murder, as well as both voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Jacobs also revealed some knowledge of the rules of criminal procedure and said he does his own legal research.

    Ness said he will issue his ruling soon.

    http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/ne...city/89214952/

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    Prosecutors drop death penalty in '92 killing

    The York County District Attorney's Office is no longer seeking the death penalty against a man who's waiting for a retrial in the killing of his girlfriend, who was stabbed and cut more than 200 times and found covered in bleach over 24 years ago.

    Daniel Jacobs, 45, of York, is already serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of his 7-month-old daughter, Holly. But, he's been waiting for another trial in the killing of Tammy Lee Mock, 18, for about 10 years, because his case has been in limbo.

    Both were found in the bathtub of the couple's apartment on West King Street near South Richland Avenue in York on Feb. 16, 1992.

    It's unclear why the District Attorney's Office made the decision, which is mentioned in court documents dated on Friday. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tim Barker, one of the attorneys who's handling the case, could not immediately be reached.

    Initially, Jacobs was found guilty of 1st-degree murder in Mock's killing and sentenced to death. But federal appeals courts threw out his punishment and conviction, in 2001 and 2005, respectively.

    In September, Common Pleas Judge Harry M. Ness ruled that Jacobs is competent to stand trial, but that he cannot serve as his own lawyer. He has since filed a motion asking the judge to reconsider the decision.

    Kevin Hoffman, an attorney who's been appointed to represent Jacobs, said he will most likely have to prepare for the case to go trial. But, he said, it will be "some time" before one is held.

    Now, Hoffman said it will be a "more straightforward process." That's because the attorneys will not have to pick a jury for a death penalty case, nor present additional testimony - if there's a conviction.

    Jacobs is expected back in court on Dec. 1.

    (Source: The York Daily Record)
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    November 14, 2018

    Man Serving Life in Baby's Drowning Pleads in Mother's Death

    A man serving life without parole in the 1992 bathtub drowning death of his 7-month-old daughter has entered a no contest voluntary manslaughter plea in the earlier stabbing death of the baby's mother.

    YORK, PA. (AP) — A man serving life without parole in the 1992 bathtub drowning death of his 7-month-old daughter has entered a no contest voluntary manslaughter plea in the earlier stabbing death of the baby's mother.

    Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Jacobs accepted a deal with York County prosecutors Tuesday minutes before jury selection in his first-degree murder trial was to begin. His 10- to 20-year term in the death of 18-year-old Tammy Mock is to run concurrently with the life term in the murder of the baby, Holly Danielle Jacobs.

    The defendant was originally convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to execution in the slaying of the mother, who officials said had more than 200 wounds. A federal appeals court overturned the conviction, saying his attorney should have considered a defense of diminished mental capacity.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...-mothers-death

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