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    Christopher Self - California Death Row


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    Facts of the Crime:

    Brothers Christopher Self and Orlando Gene Romero were sentenced to death in Riverside County on August 28, 1996 for being involved in a carjacking, kidnapping and robbery spree that resulted in the October 12, 1992 murders of Joey Mans, 26, and Timothy Jones, 24. The two brothers were part of a gang that had been terrorizing Riverside County.

    For more on Romero, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...rnia-Death-Row

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    Self's case has been fully briefed on direct appeal before the California Supreme Court since September 6, 2011.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S055856

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    On June 2, 2015, oral argument will be heard before the California Supreme Court in Self's direct appeal.

    http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/SJUN215A.pdf

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    RIVERSIDE: State Supreme Court upholds brothers' death sentences

    A California Supreme Court decision affirmed the 1996 death sentences for two convicted Mead Valley triple murderers, reversed a robbery conviction for one of them and addressed technical issues in a ruling announced Thursday, Aug. 27.

    Christopher Self, 21 at the time of his trial, and his older brother, Orlando Gene Romero, then 24, were convicted of killing three young men during robberies in 1992. They were found guilty of a total of 19 felony counts, including the three murders, stemming from a western Riverside County crime spree that lasted from October to December 1992.

    The brothers and two other men picked victims at random to rob and terrorize. The Supreme Court reversed Self’s conviction and sentence for one of the robberies.

    The other change was on a technicality. During the trial, jurors were instructed to make two multiple-murder special-circumstance findings as to each count of murder, according to the court’s opinion. During the appeal, the state Attorney General’s office conceded the error.

    The justices considered what happened harmless because the jury knew how many murders were committed. A special circumstances finding is required in order for the jury to recommend the death penalty, and in this case the circumstance was multiple murders.

    Two of the murder victims, Joey Mans, 26, and Timothy Kipp Jones, 24, both of Riverside were shot to death execution-style Oct. 12, 1992, near Lake Mathews. Jose Aragon, 22, of Redlands, was killed when shots were fired from three weapons Nov. 25, 1992, in San Timoteo Canyon near Beaumont.

    Self was also convicted of four attempted murders, including the shooting in Moreno Valley of an off-duty Ontario police sergeant who recovered from his injuries.

    The defendants in the appeals contended that the cumulative effect of errors during the guilt and penalty phases of trial warranted reversal of the judgments, according to the court’s decision. But the justices concluded the errors were not prejudicial when considered cumulatively.

    Two other defendants were convicted for their involvement in the crime spree. One was sentenced to 51 years to life in prison and the other was sentenced to life without parole.

    As of the most recent report, Aug. 6, Riverside County had 88 inmates sentenced to death, about 11.64 percent of the population, and San Bernardino County had 40, or 5.29 percent, according to the state Department of Corrections.

    http://www.pe.com/articles/death-778...convicted.html

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    Self's habeas case has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since October 14, 2014.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S200464

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Self's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of California
    Case Nos.: (S055856)
    Decision Date: August 27, 2015
    Rehearing Denied: October 14, 2015
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    On October 4, 2016, Self filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ca...cv02097/659974
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    Related:

    State prison official: San Quentin death-row convict dies in hospital of apparent COVID-19 complications


    Coroner will determine cause of death later this week

    By George Kelly
    Mercury News

    SAN QUENTIN — A 48-year-old man convicted of murder and robbery died Sunday of apparent COVID-19 complications, state prison officials said.

    Death-row inmate Orlando G. Romero had been receiving treated at an outside hospital, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said. A coroner will pronounce an exact cause of death for Romero later this week.

    Romero had been on death row since Sept. 4, 1996, a week after his Riverside County sentencing for first-degree murder and second-degree robbery while armed with a firearm, as well as three life-with-parole sentences for attempted first-degree murder armed with a firearm, attempted first-degree murder with other offenses, and kidnapping/robbery while armed with a firearm and several robbery offenses.

    Since June, several San Quentin prisoners have been sent to Bay Area medical centers for treatment in the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened more than a thousand prisoners.

    In an ongoing campaign, protesters have sought support to ease the pandemic’s deadly impact within state prison facilities, not only on its inmates but also vulnerable staff members.

    Romero was one of 715 people awaiting execution on California’s Death Row, though Gov. Gavin Newsom has effectively suspended the death penalty here.

    https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/...complications/
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    Good news for a change...let Covid do what our wimp Governor won't...

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