Richard Raymond Klein, 54, appeared in Solano County Superior Court in Vallejo to receive a January jury trial date and pretrial hearing schedule. Judge John B. Ellis set jury selection for Jan. 27 and scheduled a suppression and severance motion hearing Nov. 10, and in limine motions Jan. 21 and 22. The trial includes special circumstances, is expected to last five weeks, and is no longer a capital case. Deputy District Attorney Barry Shapiro prosecutes. Klein, a previously convicted felon, was indicted June 30, 2023, on two murder counts, two felon-in-possession counts, and allegations of committing murder while released on his own recognizance.
Richard Raymond Klein, at 6 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, clad in a striped jail jumpsuit, his head shaved, appeared in Department 23 in Vallejo to learn of his trial date and the setting of a motion to suppress evidence. Standing behind a lectern near the courtroom's jury box, shackled at the waist and legs, he towered over his defense attorney, Dustin M. Gordon, and heard Judge John B. Ellis declare that jury selection would begin at 10 a.m. Jan. 27
Deputy District Attorney Barry Shapiro leads the prosecution against Klein, a previously convicted felon who was indicted for the killings by a Solano County grand jury on June 30, 2023. The Solano County District Attorney's Office then combined the murder charges into one case, with alleged special circumstances. Court records indicate that the case is no longer a capital case.
The indictment, which essentially replaced the preliminary hearing process, includes the two murder counts and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, committing murder while released on his own recognizance and a special circumstance for committing multiple murders. The indictment reflects allegations in the two previously filed criminal complaints, that Klein allegedly committed murder on April 21, 2022, at a gathering on Manzanita Avenue in Fairfield, then allegedly again, on Dec 15,
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