Rodney Gene Beeler
Summary of Offense:
On December 30, 1985, Rodney Beeler shot and killed Anthony Joseph Stevenson, a homeowner, during a botched burglary at Stevenson's home in Orange. Stevenson returned home and interrupted Beeler as he was in the process of burglarizing his home. During a brief struggle, Stevenson was shot in the back. Beeler had had three previous burglary convictions and a rape conviction before the Stevenson case.
Beeler was sentenced to death in Orange County on May 5, 1989.
His sentence was affirmed on direct appeal by the California Supreme Court on April 10, 1995.
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