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Mistrial declared in murder case
With the jury hopelessly deadlocked, a mistrial was declared Wednesday in the Redwood City trial of two men accused of murdering a 22-year- old Pacifica man in a January 2003 road rage case.
Tito Sedeno and John Navarro, both 22, will be retried on a variety of charges including first-degree murder starting at 9 a.m. May 31 in San Mateo County Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Sean Gallagher said.
Raymond Gardner, a passenger in a friend's car, was shot and killed on Interstate 380 after the friend honked at an erratically driven Chevrolet Tahoe.
The people in the Tahoe responded with gunfire, Gallagher said.
Another passenger in the Tahoe, Richard Sedillo, was not charged because of lack of evidence and ended up being a prosecution witness.
Defense attorneys argued that Sedillo was the one who had fired the fatal shot.
Mistrial declared in murder case
With the jury hopelessly deadlocked, a mistrial was declared Wednesday in the Redwood City trial of two men accused of murdering a 22-year- old Pacifica man in a January 2003 road rage case.
Tito Sedeno and John Navarro, both 22, will be retried on a variety of charges including first-degree murder starting at 9 a.m. May 31 in San Mateo County Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Sean Gallagher said.
Raymond Gardner, a passenger in a friend's car, was shot and killed on Interstate 380 after the friend honked at an erratically driven Chevrolet Tahoe.
The people in the Tahoe responded with gunfire, Gallagher said.
Another passenger in the Tahoe, Richard Sedillo, was not charged because of lack of evidence and ended up being a prosecution witness.
Defense attorneys argued that Sedillo was the one who had fired the fatal shot.
Road rage killers get life in prison for 2003 murder
Oakland Tribune, Dec 24, 2005 by Malaika Fraley, STAFF WRITER
REDWOOD CITY -- San Franciscans Tito Sedeno and John Navarro walked into the courtroom with smiles on their faces and hope of a mistrial. They walked out with bewildered expressions and life-long prison sentences.
Nearly three years after Pacifica resident Raymond Gardner's death, his killers were sentenced on Friday for his murder.
Gardner, 22, was passenger in a friend's car in the early- morning hours of Jan. 12, 2003, when the driver honked his horn at an SUV that was recklessly weaving in and out of lanes on state Highway 380.
Sedeno and Navarro, both 23, were in the SUV and responded to the honk by opening fire on the other vehicle. Gardner was asleep when a bullet struck him in the head and he died before ever waking up.
The first murder trial ended with a hung jury in April. At the second trial in September, a jury returned guilty verdicts for first- degree murder and attempted murder for the gunshots that missed Gardner's friends.
Oakland Tribune, Dec 24, 2005 by Malaika Fraley, STAFF WRITER
REDWOOD CITY -- San Franciscans Tito Sedeno and John Navarro walked into the courtroom with smiles on their faces and hope of a mistrial. They walked out with bewildered expressions and life-long prison sentences.
Nearly three years after Pacifica resident Raymond Gardner's death, his killers were sentenced on Friday for his murder.
Gardner, 22, was passenger in a friend's car in the early- morning hours of Jan. 12, 2003, when the driver honked his horn at an SUV that was recklessly weaving in and out of lanes on state Highway 380.
Sedeno and Navarro, both 23, were in the SUV and responded to the honk by opening fire on the other vehicle. Gardner was asleep when a bullet struck him in the head and he died before ever waking up.
The first murder trial ended with a hung jury in April. At the second trial in September, a jury returned guilty verdicts for first- degree murder and attempted murder for the gunshots that missed Gardner's friends.
