Dave Minsky | Santa Maria Occasions
A Lompoc man pleaded responsible final month to a manslaughter cost within the dying of his 26-day-old daughter in Could 2019 and is ready to be sentenced Monday.
Jose Ramirez Jr., 30, pleaded responsible March 28 to a cost of voluntary manslaughter within the dying of his daughter, Evelyn, who died on Could 19, 2019, in line with Santa Barbara County Superior Court docket information.
The plea got here nearly three years since Ramirez was arrested on Could 23, 2019, in trade for dropping homicide and youngster endangerment prices. Ramirez has been in custody since his arrest, information present.
As well as, Ramirez admitted to a second violent strike enhancement, which might double his sentence. A voluntary manslaughter conviction usually carries a three-, six- or 11-year sentence.
Deputy District Lawyer Stephanie Schoenburg and Ramirez’s attorneys, Adrian Galvan and Marianne Zawadzki, didn't reply to requests for remark.
Ramirez was initially arrested on Could 23, 2019, and charged the following day with homicide and the second strike enhancement after he was interrogated by Lompoc Police.
He pleaded not responsible to the costs after they had been upheld on Oct. 11, 2019, following a preliminary listening to in Lompoc Superior Court docket.
Dr. Manuel Montez, a pathologist with the Sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau, carried out child Evelyn’s post-mortem and testified on the preliminary listening to that an unintended drop didn't outcome within the 9-centimeter fracture throughout her cranium, however was as a substitute attributable to a “considerably violent power.”
A sentencing listening to for Ramirez is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday in Division 7 of Superior Court docket in Santa Maria.
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