VICTIM'S LOVED ONES HEARD BEFORE KILLER GETS 44 YEARS.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer Loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl of a Simi Valley machinist gunned down last September poured out their pain Wednesday as his killer was sentenced to 44 years to life in prison. Thomas Shanti Shanti (from Sanskrit शािन्त śāntiḥ) can mean:
``All I ever looked forward to was seeing him,'' Steck testified during the sentencing hearing. ``I was so madly in love with him. It makes me so sad that John will never get to be the man of the house. Most of all, it hurts to know he will never be a father.'' Blanks, who was on parole for auto theft, was convicted in April of second-degree murder, use of a firearm to commit murder and being a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. in possession of a gun. Following a brawl between Regos and another man at MPV (MusicPhotoVideo) A playlist standard for music, image and video collections introduced in 2002 by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA). An "MPV Writer" is software that creates the playlist, and an "MPV Reader" is software that can discover and read it. Sports Bar in Simi Valley, Blanks pursued Regos and Steck to a nearby gas station. During the confrontation, Blanks, a two-time parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer , fired three shots from a .22-caliber pistol, striking Regos once in the chest. ``I can't explain what it was like to lay my hero down and lift up his shirt and see the wound,'' Steck said. ``To see him breathing hard and then so still.'' Brent Tonick remembered his brother as a kind and generous man who loved to help others by building and fixing things. A pair of expertly crafted tables and the little home improvements Regos loved to do are now bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. reminders of Regos. Tonick blasted Blanks' attorney, 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 Joe Villasana, for portraying Regos during the trial as a man with a ``short fuse.'' ``It was truly sickening to see my brother slandered by an attorney who knew my brother from autopsy photos,'' Tonick said. Outside court, Tonick said he feels for the suffering Blanks has put his own family through and hopes that he will take responsibility for his actions. As Superior Court Judge James Cloninger handed down the maximum sentence, Blanks plunged his face into his hands. ``This is a terrible tragedy,'' the judge said. ``Really, two lives have been forfeited by your actions . . . You cut a wide swath, Mr. Blanks, and it's a terrible tragedy.'' |
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