MASS MURDER TRIAL OF DAVID CARPENTER

Jan 01, 1984

OUTCOME: CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS, SENTENCED TO DEATH

CARPENTER WAS THE TRIAL SIDE KILLER WHO MURDERED HIKERS IN THE MARIN AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. I WAS THE CO-PROSECUTOR IN HIS SANTA CRUZ TRIAL WHICH LASTED ALMOST 2 YEARS. I HAVE TRIED 108 JURY TRIALS ... IN CALIFORNIA, BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL. THE TRAIL SIDE CASE WAS CLEARLY THE MOST SERIOUS.