Jury Convicts Defendant In Fatal Mission District Stabbing

San Francisco CA

15 April, 2022

7:55 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local April 14, 2022 After a quick deliberation of only a few hours, a jury on Thursday morning found Luis Gutierrez guilty of first-degree murder and torture. Gutierrez, now convicted of stabbing Ronnie Goodman, Jr. 39 times in 2014, appeared outwardly unmoved by the verdict that may put him in prison for life. Members of Goodman's family in the audience hugged each other and silently wiped away tears. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy had warned the court that there was to be "no display of any emotion on either side" before the jury returned from its deliberations, and threatened to remove those who disobeyed in contempt of the court. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.