Opinion ID: 1122547
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Defendant's conduct following his entombment of the Bautistas' bodies

Text: Defendant resided with the Rambos until late November or December of 1984. On numerous occasions during this period, Susan Rambo heard defendant refer to snitches. Once defendant told her, You know what happens to snitches, then removed a butcher knife from a magnetic rack on her kitchen wall and, declaring the knife to be just about right, made several stabbing or slashing motions. She testified that on another occasion, defendant popped open a switchblade knife that he would play with ... constantly, and used it to stab a cardboard box that she was carrying. Defendant also told her that the ghost of Maureen Bautista was haunting him. Susan Rambo testified that defendant moved out of the Rambos' residence in late 1984 to a trailer house on her father's property in Parkfield, where defendant continued to manufacture methamphetamine in the course of the ensuing few months. Harlyn Codd testified that in February 1985 he and defendant were watching a violent movie at Codd's residence in Porterville, and that defendant confessed to having committed the Bautista murders. According to Codd, the movie nauseated defendant, who remarked that the film reminded him of what had happened to Maureen Bautista and to the kid. Defendant stated to Codd that he had offed the Bautistas by cut[ting] them up.