jeffrey rignall testimony transcript

Carol Loftren, defendant's second wife, testified that she found silk bikini underwear, which were stained in front, lying around the house. But as soon as Jeffrey took a couple of puffs, he felt a hit in the face with a chloroform-soaked rag. Stat. Dr. Traisman administered the Wechsler adult intelligence scale, the Bender-Gestalt visual motor test, the Rorschach ink blot test, the Draw-a-Person test, and the Thematic Apperception test on request by Dr. Richard Rappaport. Thomas Eliseo, a clinical psychologist, testified that defendant scored in the top 10% of the population on the Wechsler scale and had no major brain damage. Defendant then told Donnelly to dress, put Donnelly in his car, and told him it would be his last ride. This court rejected that argument in People ex rel. Dr. Rogers explained that in regard to the MMPI test administered by Dr. Eliseo, there was evidence that defendant was attempting to make himself look worse than he really was. Our statute provides that a defendant may be sentenced to death if he "has been convicted of murdering two or more individuals * * * regardless of whether the deaths occurred as the result of the same act or of several related or unrelated acts so long as the deaths were the result of either an intent to kill more than one person or of separate premeditated acts * * *." After luring Jeff Rignall into his car with an offer to smoke marijuana, Gacy subdues the 26-year-old with a chloroform-soaked rag, tortures and . Dr. Cavanaugh expressed the opinion that defendant understood his behavior sufficiently to control it, or at least get help, but Dr. Cavanaugh conceded that defendant's ability to control his behavior was impaired in the sense that it was below that of the average person. Entertainment When Rignall awoke, he was inside of Gacy's house. The Supreme Court has held that the press and general public have a constitutional right of access to criminal trials. They began with the frequently emotional accounts of relatives and friends of some of the victims. Attack by John Wayne Gacy. Jeff Rignall was chloroformed and brutally raped by a man driving a black sedan. Defense counsel stated that four psychiatrists would be called for the defense and that "[t]hese psychiatrists will testify that Mr. Gacy demonstrates a host of seemingly neurotic symptoms, * * * *45 and will continue to be dangerous, he requires intensive psychiatric treatment within an institution for the rest of his life." Dr. Brocher did not state an opinion whether under Illinois standards defendant was responsible for his criminal acts. Defendant complains that this procedure allowed the jurors to be exposed to media coverage of the case, and to discuss the case with their family members and friends. *39 A publicity survey was performed by Editec, Inc. 9-1(d); see Liptak v. Security Benefit Association (1932), 350 Ill. El juny de 2017, el mateix grup va decidir crear un web deDoctor Who amb el mateix objectiu. Second, pairing homosexuality with the term "mass murderer" had a strong emotional impact because it combined the number of deaths with the "topic of death." Dr. Freedman diagnosed defendant as a pseudo-neurotic paranoid schizophrenic. Identity History Summary Checks; Crime Statistics/UCR; Criminal Justice Information Services; . On March 21, 1978, while walking to a local gay bar in Rosemont, Illinois, Rignall, then 26 years old, was approached by Gacy, who offered him a ride and the . jeffrey rignall testimony transcript. 2d 345, 353, 85 S. Ct. 1365, 1371. Lynch overpowered defendant, and defendant became very apologetic, bandaged Lynch's cut, and talked Lynch into watching a "stag film" downstairs. Defendant challenged the juror for cause on the ground that he had a preconceived predetermined opinion on the question of defendant's insanity but counsel proposed no additional questions to be asked of the juror. Defendant relies upon Henry v. Wainwright (5th Cir.1981), 661 F.2d 56, vacated and remanded (1982), 457 U.S. 1114, 73 L. Ed. Editor's Note: This testimony is a portion of the trial transcript of Jeffrey MacDonald taken on August 23, 1970 at the courthouse in Ralieghm, North Carolina. Jeff Rignall was chloroformed and brutally raped by a man driving a black sedan. Defendant threatened Donnelly with a gun and told him to get into the car. Several of the experts were permitted to testify that they had found defendant *76 fit to stand trial, and in each instance the witness also explained the difference between fitness to stand trial and the insanity defense. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court: In indictments returned in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, John Wayne Gacy, was charged with 33 counts of murder, one count of deviate sexual assault, one count of indecent liberties with a child, and one count of aggravated kidnaping. Their father would come home from work, lock himself in the basement, and drink. Defense counsel stated: "We will hear a lot of evidence, great detail, that John Gacy went out in the evening, picked up boys, and these boys were all the same in the same category; certain age group, certain body build, certain color hair, certain sexual preferences." We cannot agree. In the context in which it was made, and on this record, we hold that the error in failing to sustain the objection to the remarks of the assistant State's Attorney was harmless. The assistant State's Attorney urged the jurors to utilize their "common sense" while listening to the testimony of the expert witnesses who would testify in this case. 1-24) Latest News. In the course of the investigation defendant admitted that he had killed approximately 30 individuals, some buried in the crawl space under his home and five thrown into the Des Plaines River. But one young man was just lucky enough to escape. 2d 629, 104 S. Ct. 819), and defendant has not shown a sufficient basis upon which to invoke a limitation to that right. The Apr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, shown here in 2005, allegedly ran a sex-trafficking operation together. He stated that Greg Godzik had dug his own grave, and that he had killed John Szyc because he had asked for more money. The question specifically asked if Dr. Hartman had diagnosed anyone in the last 28 years as "borderline." Between the date that Rignall's battery charge was filed and the date of the Des Plaines arrest, Gacy had murdered four more young men, including Piest. The People assert that the defense experts repeatedly suggested that defendant "regarded the boy prostitutes he picked up as trash," and that defendant "thought that he was performing a service to society by disposing of human trash, namely homosexual prostitutes.". Ried got up and saw that defendant had his arm cocked back as if he were going to strike again and had a "kind of strange" look in his eyes. Officer Ted Janus was assigned to Donnelly's case. . Austin Harrouff's Mothers Call to 911 Transcript. parkering arlanda elbil. Trial counsel stipulated to the admission at the sentencing hearing of all the evidence presented at trial. On cross-examination, Dr. Traisman agreed that it would be correct to say that defendant was a very severely disturbed man "but who reflects sufficient *58 awareness of any aggressive destructive behavior * * * [and] * * * knows the nature of any antisocial acts he might perform and * * * would be quite cognizant of whether or not they are right or wrong on a moral level." See the entire gallery Landline: +254 68 31055/ 56/ 31159 Mobile: +254 722 406595 After the attack, Gacy dumped Rignall off in a spot . When asked on cross-examination whether defendant was indistinct or contradictory, Dr. Reifman replied: "He tries to obfuscate, or tries to present a picture that is not clear." Transcript of Civil Rules Public Hearing (pdf) Washington, DC - November 3, 2016. Alcester, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Defendant told Donnelly that he had killed girls before, but that he had stopped doing this, because he found killing "guys" to be more interesting. Next, in the main theme of counsel's closing argument, he proposed that it would be better to study defendant than to have him executed in an act of revenge. Letting a victim or two go free wasn't out of the ordinary for Gacy, who seemed to enjoy torture far more than murder. He was chloroformed, violently raped and beaten by Gacy, but survived the encounter. In People v. Peterson (1973), 15 Ill. App.3d 110, cited by defendant, the circuit court received information just before trial that one of the jurors had expressed her opinion that the defendant should plead guilty so that the jurors could go home. Box 33 - 60100, Embu, Kenya. Rignall took on the investigation himself, staking out freeway exit ramps and overpasses in Northwest Chicago, looking for Gacy's black Oldsmobile. The People also note that defendant, in his confessions to the police, asserted "that all of the victims had been homosexual, bisexual, and that all had come to Gacy's house expecting to be paid for sex," that "all of the victims were hustlers, mostly from Bughouse Square," that "he never bothered straight people," that "the victims had killed themselves because they had sold their bodies for $20," and that "his victims were all male prostitutes." We find it unnecessary to address these contentions. The board had holes in it where his arms went through and where his head was placed. Defendant cites a number of instances which he asserts show that questioning on this topic was insufficient. In 1979, Rignall wrote the book 29 Below about the experience. When Rignall awoke, he was inside of Gacy's house. We note first that defendant did not exhaust the peremptory challenges that he was given. but then released Donnelly near Marshall Field's, where *63 Donnelly worked. This right is not without limits (see Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court (1984), 464 U.S. 501, 78 L. Ed. Defendant has listed only one instance where his request for additional specific questions on exposure to news accounts was denied. The judge to whom the complaint is submitted *22 must make a judgment whether probable cause existed, and the information furnished him "must provide the affiant's answer to the magistrate's hypothetical question, `What makes you think that the defendant committed the offense charged?'" However, he had confused thinking which "resembles to a large extent people who would be classified as schizophrenic * * *." Defendant next complains that the prejudicial arguments of the assistant State's Attorneys denied him a fair sentencing hearing. The People had the right to cross-examine the witness concerning his bias, prejudice or interest in the outcome of the suit (People v. Sampson (1953), 1 Ill. 2d 399, 404), but we agree with the circuit court that the matter was insignificant and, in view of the instruction to the jury to disregard it, was not prejudicial. Latest News. Defendant next argues that the People's cross-examination of Dr. Rappaport was improper. Defense counsel objected, a side bar was had, and the court told defense counsel that the objection was not timely. Giu 11, 2022 | how to calculate calories per serving in a recipe. The factors are: failure to prepare for the hearing, failure to present any evidence on the statutory mitigating factor of extreme mental or emotional disturbance, failure to present other mitigating evidence, and failure to make a competent closing argument. Defendant *108 was, however, represented by counsel and until his appearance in this court had made no request to be permitted to defend himself. 2d 684, 688, 85 S. Ct. 741, 745]; and that their determination of probable cause should be paid great deference by reviewing courts, Jones v. United States [(1960), 362 U.S. 257, 270-71, 4 L. Ed. Amici concede that deterrence is a compelling State interest but, citing statistical studies, argue that the death penalty does not deter. Not only was the emphasis of this mitigating factor an acceptable choice of trial strategy, it appears to have been the only strategy available to trial counsel. This article is a stub. Defendant contends next that the circuit court erred in its ruling "that expert witnesses for the State would be allowed to recount statements made to them by John Gacy, but that defense expert witnesses could not do so * * *.". (People v. Jones (1982), 94 Ill. 2d 275, 282-86.) When asked his opinion as to whether he was legally sane under Illinois standards, the People objected and a side bar was had. William Kunkle, retired Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County describes his story at the time as vague, saying Rignall didnt know where the house was or what it looked like, so it was a very minimalist police report and nothing transpired.. Defendant contends that the jury was confused as to the requirements of the mitigating factor as differentiated from the defense of insanity and that this was evidenced by the confusion shown by the attorneys in their arguments in the death penalty hearing. Worked at Pilkington Automotive. 9-1(d)(2).) Defendant told Investigator Bedoe that all of his victims had come to his house voluntarily, that all the murders concerned money, and that they all occurred in his house. The right to a jury trial has been interpreted by the Supreme Court as the right to an impartial jury selected from a representative cross-section of the community. Defendant also contends that the unlimited introduction *104 and consideration of nonstatutory aggravating factors renders the death penalty statute unconstitutional. Transcript of Civil Rules Public Hearing (pdf) Phoenix, AZ - January 4, 2017. For the reasons stated, the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County is affirmed. Updated: November 2, 2011. We have reviewed defendant's contentions, and are of the opinion that the assistant State's Attorney did not transcend the bounds of proper argument by characterizing Dr. Rappaport's testimony as he did or in drawing the inferences he believed were proper from that testimony. These articles were labeled "guilt by association" articles. The case against Ghislaine Maxwell primarily relies on the testimony of four women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein -- and that Maxwell facilitated and sometimes participated . She stated that defendant never hid the fact that he was bisexual. They began with the frequently emotional accounts of relatives and friends of some of the victims. Gacy was found sane and convicted. He recounted he lost approximately 40 pounds, became severely withdrawn, and experienced depression and "bouts of vomiting. Defendant suggests, in his reply brief, that "[m]issing person cases may remain unsolved for weeks, months, or years." [1][2], Rignall identified as bisexual and lived with his girlfriend as well as partner Ron Wilder, described by Rignall's attorney Fred R. Richman as a "live-in companion". Defendant jumped out of the car in which they were riding and walked to their house, which was about a block away, and when she arrived home, defendant acted as if nothing had happened. But just as the People may not select a jury which is predisposed on a pertinent issue which will arise at trial, the defendant may not seek out a county in which prospective jurors will most likely be predisposed on the defenses which the defendant will raise. In March 1977, Jeffrey Rignall accepted a ride and an offer of marijuana from John Wayne Gacy, only to be chloroformed as soon as he got into the vehicle. We held that since the People are the moving party in a death penalty proceeding they are entitled to rebuttal argument. We also note that the Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence notwithstanding the consideration by the sentencing court of a nonstatutory aggravating factor. He was allowed to testify, without objection, that defendant described to him the conditions under which Robert Piest was killed and that while describing *72 this murder in great detail he showed no "ordinary manifestations of human feeling," that defendant exhibited a "certain amount of pride" in being able to use his cunning to overcome the strength of the "young and stupid" "muscular youths," and that defendant was very disturbed by the fact that Dr. Freedman's books were piled up in his office in a disorderly fashion. Our review of *33 the instances cited by defendant shows that with every prospective juror defendant had the opportunity to tender specific questions and failed to do so. Defendant contends next that the People improperly insinuated that defense counsel and defendant had concocted the insanity defense the night before defendant's arrest. Box 33 - 60100, Embu, Kenya. Defendant points out that the complaint stated only that Lieutenant Kozenczak had received this information on December 11, 1978, but does not indicate on what date Piest was last seen at the drugstore. In John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise, Rignalls partner of 22 years, Ron Wilder, details how Rignall dipped in and out of consciousness on the drive to Gacys suburban home. Dr. James Lewis Cavanaugh, a psychiatrist, testified that, when he went to interview defendant, defendant insisted that he sign a document which precluded the use of his notes by the court or by lawyers. Dr. Robert Traisman, a clinical psychologist, spent 3 1/2 hours examining defendant and several more hours reviewing the results of the tests he administered to defendant. (Gannett Co. v. DePasquale (1979), 443 U.S. 368, 382, 61 L. Ed. Defendant's assertion that there was no evidence to connect Timothy O'Rourke with him is contrary to the record. We *107 also note that the examination of the history, background and mental state of defendant was quite thorough at trial, and that the information derived therefrom substantially fulfills the requirements (Ill. Rev. The assistant State's Attorney repeatedly stated the proper test, and the jury was not misled by this one statement. We also note that immediate sequestration would have placed a great burden on the jurors, who may have been able to use the week to organize their personal affairs before leaving town for a lengthy trial. [6] Gacy then held a rag soaked in chloroform over Rignall's mouth until he passed out. Michael Rossi also worked for defendant. Shortly after getting in Gacy's car, the killer placed a chloroform-doused rag over the young man's mouth. When Lynch got up, defendant said, "Well, are you okay?" Appellate counsel's suggestion that trial counsel's failure to pose an objection is indicative to incompetence of trial counsel is also without merit. For example, referring to defendant as an "admitted homosexual" could give the reader a negative attitude towards the defendant which could make it difficult for that reader to objectively view the remaining information contained in the article. * * * Hit me. 2d 1326, 102 S. Ct. 2922, aff'd on remand (5th Cir.1982), 686 F.2d 311, vacated and remanded (1983), 463 U.S. 1223, 77 L. Ed. Defendant carried Rignall into his house and offered him a drink. American hoodlua and gaablinq figure Meyer Lansky arrived in Israel, indicating his intention of applying for status as an Ignazio Denaro, unc! (People v. 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