Calistoga murder suspect's hearing delayed
By ALISHA WYMAN
Register Staff Writer
November 11th, 2009
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A Napa judge delayed a hearing that will determine whether a man accused of a Calistoga murder will go to trial.
Napa resident Rodolfo Rivera Uribe, 23, is accused of shooting and killing Calistoga resident Luis Octavio Carrillo, who was dating Uribe’s ex-girlfriend.
The woman witnessed the June 29 shooting, and prosecutors say Uribe went on to rape her afterwards. He is charged with murder, battery, forcible rape, being a felon in possession of a firearm, unlawfully possessing a firearm and being in possession of an assault weapon.
The delay of Uribe’s preliminary hearing came at the request of Uribe’s defense attorney, Jim McEntee.
McEntee asked Napa Superior Court Judge Stephen Kroyer for more time so he, the defense investigator and the defense pathologist could review hundreds of pages of interviews and dozens of media discs containing surveillance videos and photos.
He is also awaiting an autopsy report on Carrillo. Kroyer rescheduled the hearing for 8:30 a.m. Nov. 6.
Kroyer also granted a request by Napa County Deputy District Attorney Michelle Rollins to videotape the woman’s testimony during the preliminary hearing.
The case centers around the June 29 shooting. At about 1:30 a.m., Uribe’s ex-girlfriend, with whom he has a 6-year-old child, was sitting in her car with Carrillo on the 1400 block of North Oak Street.
Uribe approached the passenger side, where Carrillo was sitting, and fired two shots through the passenger window, court documents say.
He opened the passenger-side door, pulled Carrillo out of the car and told the woman to leave. He followed her as she drove away and ordered her via cell phone to drive to Santa Rosa, she told investigators.
He then had her leave her car in a remote area and drove her back to Napa. During the ride, he questioned her about her relationship with Carrillo, slapping her when he thought she lied, court documents state.
When they got back to Napa, he asked her to have sex with him, and she complied out of fear, she told investigators.
Uribe is being held without bail at the Napa County Department of Corrections.
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firststreetmayor wrote on Sep 10, 2009 10:10 AM:
There are to many case's in Napa that are being railroaded into trail, this one is the exception ?
McEntee asked Napa Superior Court Judge Stephen Kroyer for more time and receives six weeks ?
This is why are court system is going bankrupt, to much power in one mans hands.
Kroyer should step down, let a more experienced Judge take his place and move on with this open and shut case. "
yes wrote on Sep 10, 2009 10:23 AM:
fairworld wrote on Oct 17, 2009 1:29 PM:
dbf wrote on Nov 7, 2009 6:49 AM: