Pierre H., 1494152, Death penalty eliminated from the case on August 12, 2021

This is the Haobsh Quadruple murder trial that Christine did,
the district Attorney sought the death penalty,
defense attorneys consider a case where the prosecution seeks a death sentence that Does not result in a death sentence
an absolute win, Christine negotiated to be able to elect a court trial in exchange for death "coming off the table," at that point the case was won and
Pierre was saved from death row
- Charges: Three counts of murder (Penal Code § 187(a)) with special circumstances of murder for financial gain (Penal Code § 190.2(a)(1)) and multiple murder (Penal Code § 190.2(a)(3), as well as a great bodily injury enhancement (Penal Code § 12022.7).
- Exposure: Pierre was facing the death penalty.
- Outcome: As the trial was beginning the death penalty was withdrawn in exchange for waiver of jury for his trial.
This was a triple murder case. Pierre was facing the Death Penalty. Christine started out, as is the case in all capital murders, by trying to convince the district attorney to not seek death. When that didn't work she made sure that everything was prepared for trial. Right before the trial started there was agreement between the district attorney and Christine to remove the death penalty from the case. Pierre and Christine agreed to elect a court trial (a trial with just a judge instead of a jury) and the district attorney agreed to remove the death penalty from the case. Pierre testified at his trial to what the press called, "A fantastical story" of the Department of Energy committing the murders to frame him. Pierre's testimony was that he had invented a perpetual energy machine and that the Department of Energy then set out to stop him because his invention would bankrupt the fossil fuel industry, which the Department of Energy was intent on protecting. He testified about a Department energy tactical team attempting to kill him, but that he killed the entire tactical team before they could kill him, and that he then fled the scene, and when he later returned the bodies of the tactical team members had been removed and the scene was cleaned up so that no one would be able tell that there had been a multiple fatality five on one gunfight. He also testified that although he did not make it through Army boot camp, he was recruited to be a secret government agent and was trained at an underground black ops site. When asked why there was no record of his work as a secret agent, his answer that it was of course all classified. When asked during the trial if he's mentally ill, he testified that was not.
One of the highlights of the case was that after Pierre's preliminary hearing Christine found out that the district attorney was going to give a press conference after Pierre's court date. She knew that meant that the district attorney was going to announce that they were going to seek the death penalty, and then have a press conference to make a statement that would only taint potential jurors. Christine then, on the fly, filed a motion for a gag order, which the judge granted, the district attorney had to cancel the press conference.
Christine saved Pierre from Death Row, but he was convicted of all three murders and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The trial was extensively covered by the press.
These are stills from when Christine was on television defending her client
This is the court document where Christine saved her client from the death penalty
This is the press from when Christine saved her client from the death penalty
You can follow the press on the case from beginning to end here
- Charges: Three counts of murder (Penal Code § 187(a)) with special circumstances of murder for financial gain (Penal Code § 190.2(a)(1)) and multiple murder (Penal Code § 190.2(a)(3), as well as a great bodily injury enhancement (Penal Code § 12022.7).
- Exposure: Pierre was facing the death penalty.
- Outcome: As the trial was beginning the death penalty was withdrawn in exchange for waiver of jury for his trial.
This was a triple murder case. Pierre was facing the Death Penalty. Christine started out, as is the case in all capital murders, by trying to convince the district attorney to not seek death. When that didn't work she made sure that everything was prepared for trial. Right before the trial started there was agreement between the district attorney and Christine to remove the death penalty from the case. Pierre and Christine agreed to waive jury and the district attorney agreed to remove the death penalty from the case. Pierre testified at his trial to what the press called, "A fantastical story" of the Department of Energy committing the murders to frame him. Pierre's testimony was that he had invented a perpetual energy machine and that the Department of Energy then set out to stop him because his invention would bankrupt the fossil fuel industry, which the Department of Energy was intent on protecting. He testified about a Department energy tactical team attempting to kill him, but that he killed the entire tactical team before they could kill him, and that he then fled the scene, and when he later returned the bodies of the tactical team members had been removed and the scene was cleaned up so that no one would be able tell that there had been a fatal five on one gunfight. He also testified that although he did not make it through Army boot camp, he was recruited to be a secret government agent and was trained at an underground black ops site. When asked why there was no record of his work as a secret agent, his answer that it was of course all classified. When asked during the trial if he's mentally ill, he testified that was not.
One of the highlights of the case was that after Pierre's preliminary hearing Christine found out that the district attorney was going to give a press conference after Pierre's court date. She know that meant that the district attorney was going to announce that they were going to seek the death penalty, and then have a press conference to make a statement that would only taint potential jurors. Christine then, on the fly, filed a motion for a gag order, which the judge granted, the district attorney had to cancel the press conference.
Christine saved Pierre from Death Row, but he was convicted of all three murders and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The trial was extensively covered by the press.
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