OAKLAND — After a cut up verdict the place jurors convicted him of making an attempt to kill BART cops however couldn’t attain a verdict on the homicide rely, a Bay Space man admitted to murdering his good friend and obtained a life sentence final 12 months, court docket data present.
Charles Goetting, 33, pleaded no contest to second-degree homicide within the capturing of 40-year-old Colin Anderson, which Goetting’s legal professional argued at trial was self-defense. After the plea, Decide Trina Thompson sentenced Goetting to 35 years to life, court docket data present.
The sentence was handed down final summer time, however has not been beforehand reported. The most recent growth: final week, a choose set the schedule for the First District Appellate Court docket to assessment Goetting’s tried homicide convictions. That course of will doubtless take years, court docket data present.
Goetting shot BART police Ofc. Timothy Eads within the arm on Christmas Day 2015, as Eads and BART police Ofc. Carlos Dazhan had been on the point of search Goetting’s U-Haul truck. Video obtained by this newspaper reveals that after Goetting fired, Dazhan shot Goetting a number of occasions, then known as for medical help.
Anderson’s physique was later discovered within the truck, which prosecutors argued at Goetting’s 2021 trial defined each why Goetting fired at police and proved he had a responsible conscience about murdering Anderson. The protection argued that Goetting shot Anderson in self-defense throughout an argument the place Anderson threatened him with a pretend gun.
Throughout Goetting’s sentencing, Anderson’s sister, Amy Norman, described her brother as “a father, a son, a brother, an uncle and a good friend to many,” and a “goofball” who wouldn’t have tried to hurt Goetting.
“We needed to take heed to Charles sit within the courtroom beneath oath and spin these elaborate lies about who Jason was. He was definitely no finest good friend to my brother as he portrayed,” Norman stated, in accordance with the transcript. She later added, “He even had the audacity to assert that (Jason) was a assassin and that he would harm folks. My household and I do know in addition to he does that that's simply not the reality.”
Goetting provided a short apology in court docket earlier than the sentence was handed down. He's serving his sentence in Nice Valley State Jail in Coalinga, data present.
“I simply needed to once more say that I'm sorry for my actions and what had occurred and I did love Jason like a brother,” he stated, in accordance with the transcript. “And once more, I'm simply actually sorry for what occurred.”