Was put on trial twice for masterminding The Wonderland Murders, the
infamous 1981 Laurel Canyon quadruple murder case, in 1990 and 1991.
The first trial ended in a hung jury (11-1 to convict), and the second
trial ended in a full acquittal. In 2000, he was indicted in Federal
Courts under the RICO statute, and as part of a plea deal admitted to
bribery of the lone holdout juror in 1990, and to conspiracy in the
Laurel Canyon murder case.
