CAMARILLO MAN ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER SHERIFF'S TRACE 911 CALL TO DEFENDANT.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Staff Writer VENTURA - A 43-year-old Camarillo man who authorities say fatally stabbed his girlfriend after drinking four beers and a fifth of vodka was ordered Friday to stand trial for murder. Charles Michael Smith Michael or Mike Smith may refer to: Journalists
``It's crazy, one stabbing was enough,'' Ostrem's mother, Helena Scott, whispered tearfully tear·ful adj. 1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell. 2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama. from the spectators' section after Chief Medical Examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. Ronald O'Halloran described the fatal wounds. Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was William Rutan did not call any witnesses during the preliminary hearing. In a bizarre turn during the preliminary hearing, prosecutors played a tape of Smith's 911 call to sheriff's dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. Julie Henry, who testified that the call was traced to the defendant's apartment. ``I'm dead,'' Smith said repeatedly said on the tape as Henry tried to persuade him to identify himself and explain why he called. He then repeatedly said, ``I love you,'' first in a clear audible tone which later trailed off to a faint whisper. Anthony Chambers, a neighbor of Smith and Ostrem's, testified that during a visit to his apartment the day of the slaying, Smith - who already had consumed a couple of beers - drank two more, plus a fifth of vodka. He also testified that he heard the couple arguing after they returned to their apartment. If convicted of murder, Smith could be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. |
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