Terri Vermeulen Keith

1 month ago | dailybreeze.com | Terri Vermeulen Keith

By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITHThe California Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an Atwater Village gang leader’s conviction and death sentence in a triple-murder case, finding that a juror was improperly excused as the panel was deliberating.

1 month ago | pasadenastarnews.com | Terri Vermeulen Keith |Ruby Gonzales

By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITHA prosecutor urged jurors Tuesday, April 1, to convict a man who admitted killing his mother and younger brother of first-degree murder, while the man's attorney countered that the killings at the family's Diamond Bar home were committed in self-defense and asked jurors to acquit his client.

1 month ago | kfiam640.iheart.com | Terri Vermeulen Keith

Photo: slobo / E+ / Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES (CNS) - A young woman who was among three people who had been serving life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the beating death of a USC graduate student from China during a robbery near the campus was re-sentenced Thursday to 15 years and eight months in state prison.

2 months ago | outlooknewspapers.com | Terri Vermeulen Keith

A South Pasadena man was sentenced on Feb. 26 to 26 years to life in prison for the death of his newborn son, whom prosecutors said was suffocated and died months later after being taken off life support. Christopher Richmond, 32, was convicted in October of assault on a child causing death. The jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of guilt on a murder charge stemming from the death of his son Cash, and that charge was formally dismissed Wednesday.

2 months ago | pasadenanow.com | Terri Vermeulen Keith

A South Pasadena man who was convicted of assaulting his newborn son — whom prosecutors said was suffocated and died months later after being taken off life support — was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years to life in state prison. Jurors found Christopher Richmond, now 32, guilty last October of assault on a child causing death. The jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of guilt on a murder charge stemming from the death of his son Cash, and that charge was formally dismissed Wednesday.