20 December 2010 :

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jerome Brock sentenced Rodrigo Paniagua Jr. to death. Paniagua, 33, hispanic, was found guilty on June 10 of four counts of first-degree murder in the October 11, 2005 deaths of his 26-year-old girlfriend Leticia Chavez, her 5-month-old fetus and their daughters, 3-year-old AnaLisa and 6-year-old Adrina.  A Santa Clara County jury on July 1 (see) had recommended the death penalty.