Opinion ID: 1293219
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Testimony of McGettrick and Pendleton

Text: In 1976, Julie McGettrick worked for defendant at a cocktail lounge called the Villa D'Italia in Orange County. McGettrick testified that defendant approached her with a proposition that she join him in convincing young girls to pose for photographs and then killing and dismembering the unsuspecting victims. To this end, defendant drove McGettrick to Yucca Valley in search of a location to commit his acts. McGettrick testified that defendant told her he wanted the girls to be cut up, bleeding but still conscious..., and that her role in the act would be simply to appear in the photographs defendant planned on taking once he tortured the girls. Although McGettrick testified that she posed nude for defendant during the trip to the desert, she said she did so out of fear. Defendant had shown her a gun in the car before she removed her clothes and the photos were taken next to the car. McGettrick testified that she followed defendant's instructions to pose for the photos because she feared defendant was going to grab the gun and use it on her. A few days later, McGettrick approached Vickie Pendleton, another employee at the Villa D'Italia, and asked if she would be interested in posing for defendant. Pendleton, McGettrick and defendant agreed to drive to the desert for a photography session, but when Pendleton and defendant arrived at McGettrick's motel, she refused to answer the door. Pendleton and defendant drove to Yucca Valley. There, Pendleton testified, defendant got me from behind with a rag and I guess it was ether and he drugged me and I passed out.... When Pendleton regained consciousness, defendant was standing about two feet in front of her with a pistol in his hand. Pendleton then asked defendant why he was doing this to her. According to Pendleton, defendant put the gun to my head and said I better urinate on him or he [was] going to kill me. Pendleton stated she was so nervous that she could not urinate. Defendant then forced Pendleton to orally copulate him. Pendleton testified she convinced defendant that she would help him in his plan to torture women and send photos of the activity to Canada, where they allegedly would be bought. Thereafter, defendant gave Pendleton $50 and let her go after she told him she was sick from the ether and she would contact him in a day or two. Pendleton never saw defendant again.