Excerpt from an online article:
The appeals court upheld the conviction and death sentence of Joseph Gamboa, of Bexar County.
Gamboa, 26, was condemned for a June 2005 robbery at a San Antonio bar called Taco Land where owner Ramiro Ayala and employee Douglas Morgan were fatally shot.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Witness To Taco Land Slayings Found Dead
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a potential witness in a 2005 murder case.
The body of a 44-year-old woman was found inside an apartment on the 1000 block of West Russell Place near downtown.
Published reports said the woman was a witness to the deaths of Ram Ayala and Doug Morgan at the Taco Land nightclub in 2005.
Police said a neighbor saw the woman and another person go into her apartment on July 4. The witness told police she saw the second person leave the apartment 10 minutes later but never saw the woman again.
Joseph Gamboa was convicted and sentenced to death for his connection to the Ayala and Morgan's deaths. The trial of Jose Najera, also charged in connection with the two deaths, is expected to begin on July 21.
The body of a 44-year-old woman was found inside an apartment on the 1000 block of West Russell Place near downtown.
Published reports said the woman was a witness to the deaths of Ram Ayala and Doug Morgan at the Taco Land nightclub in 2005.
Police said a neighbor saw the woman and another person go into her apartment on July 4. The witness told police she saw the second person leave the apartment 10 minutes later but never saw the woman again.
Joseph Gamboa was convicted and sentenced to death for his connection to the Ayala and Morgan's deaths. The trial of Jose Najera, also charged in connection with the two deaths, is expected to begin on July 21.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Ram's Killer Gets Death Penalty
A jury this evening decided Joseph Gamboa should receive the death penalty for the 2005 slayings at Taco Land, a bar that was a mainstay on the city's underground music scene.
The 379th District Court jury returned its verdict after more than five hours of deliberations, finding that Gamboa was a continuing threat to society and that there were no mitigating circumstances to spare his life. Jurors also found that he intentionally caused the deaths.
The same jury last week convicted Gamboa, 24, of capital murder in the June 24, 2005, shootings and robbery that killed bar owner Ramiro "Ram" Ayala, 72, and doorman Douglas "Gypsy Doug" Morgan, 53. Bartender Denise "Sunshine" Koger, 41, was shot but survived.
The popular bar and music spot closed after the slayings.
Prosecutors said Gamboa was the gunman in the shootings.
A co-defendant, Jose Najera, 31, is awaiting trial.
Elizabeth Allen for the Express-News
The 379th District Court jury returned its verdict after more than five hours of deliberations, finding that Gamboa was a continuing threat to society and that there were no mitigating circumstances to spare his life. Jurors also found that he intentionally caused the deaths.
The same jury last week convicted Gamboa, 24, of capital murder in the June 24, 2005, shootings and robbery that killed bar owner Ramiro "Ram" Ayala, 72, and doorman Douglas "Gypsy Doug" Morgan, 53. Bartender Denise "Sunshine" Koger, 41, was shot but survived.
The popular bar and music spot closed after the slayings.
Prosecutors said Gamboa was the gunman in the shootings.
A co-defendant, Jose Najera, 31, is awaiting trial.
Elizabeth Allen for the Express-News
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