Compton man pleads guilty in stab slaying
Alfred Thompson 24 of Long Beach pleads guilty to second degree murder for the fatal stabbing of Willie James Young 37 at Roy's Rulm in Long Beach. Judge D Sterry Fagan accepts the plea and Thompson is remanded pending a July 27 probation and sentence hearing.
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Leslie Van Houten Manslaughter Plea Defense Focus
Leslie Van Houten bowed her head as attorney Maxwell Keith urged jurors to find her guilty of manslaughter rather than first degree murder. He argued she suffered diminished capacity and was influenced by Charles Manson's "law" and a transferred mental illness.
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Long Beach CB slaying trial begins for McKenzie and French
In Long Beach Superior Court, Gordon Lee McKenzie known as Blue Eyes and Richard Theorda French go on trial for murder in the death of Marion B. Dance, 55, whose nude body was found after a CB party at his home. Neighbors testified about the party and the discovered scene as investigators described a possible break in.
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Long Beach Superior Court
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