You are looking at posts that were written on July 29, 2011.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jun | Aug » | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Marin County will not pay for a legal adviser for a serial killing suspect who is representing himself in his murder trial.
Joseph Naso is charged in the killings of four Northern California prostitutes in the 1970s and 1990s. All of the victims had matching first and last initials.
Naso has pleaded not guilty.
According to investigative documents unsealed in the case, Naso kept a list in his Reno, Nev., home that described 10 women, including the four victims.
Naso initially chose to represent himself but later sought a legal adviser, saying his incarceration has limited his ability to conduct legal research. He also said he wasn’t able to access funds to pay for a lawyer himself.
But Marin County Superior Court Judge Andrew Sweet ruled Friday that the 77-year-old Naso has enough money to pay for his own lawyer.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Marin County will not pay for a legal adviser for a serial killing suspect who is representing himself in his murder trial.
Joseph Naso is charged in the killings of four Northern California prostitutes in the 1970s and 1990s. All of the victims had matching first and last initials.
Naso has pleaded not guilty.
According to investigative documents unsealed in the case, Naso kept a list in his Reno, Nev., home that described 10 women, including the four victims.
Naso initially chose to represent himself but later sought a legal adviser, saying his incarceration has limited his ability to conduct legal research. He also said he wasn’t able to access funds to pay for a lawyer himself.
But Marin County Superior Court Judge Andrew Sweet ruled Friday that the 77-year-old Naso has enough money to pay for his own lawyer.
Serial slaying suspect will have to pay for a legal advisor
Posted: 07/29/2011 04:02:53 PM PDT
Updated: 07/29/2011 04:03:05 PM PDT
SAN RAFAEL — A judge has ruled that Marin County will not pay for a legal advisor for a serial killing suspect who is representing himself in his murder trial.
Joseph Naso is charged in the killings of four Northern California prostitutes in the 1970s and 1990s, including two women whose bodies were dumped in the East Bay.
Naso initially chose to represent himself, but later sought a legal advisor, saying his incarceration has limited his ability to do legal research. He also said he wasn’t able to access funds to pay for a lawyer.
But Marin County Superior Court Judge Andrew Sweet ruled Friday that the 77-year-old Naso has enough money to pay for his own lawyer.
Deputy District Attorney Dori Ahana told the judge that Naso’s Wells Fargo checkbook will be placed with his property at the jail today.
Naso seemed surprised by the news.
“Oh, that’s fine,” he said. “See, there is something going on behind my back.”
Naso is charged with the murders of Roxene Roggasch, 18, of Oakland; Carmen Colon, 22, an East Bay resident; and Pamela Parsons, 38, and Tracey Tayofa, 31, both of Yuba County.
Roggasch’s body was found in Marin County and Colon’s was found in Contra Costa County.
Naso was arrested without a warrant by Marin County sheriff’s investigators on April 11 in South Lake Tahoe when he was released from El Dorado County Jail where he was serving one year for a probation violation.
The probable cause documents in support of his arrest state that all four women were working as prostitutes at the time of their deaths.
