Stanley Shaw, 42, from the Central Valley city of Turlock, was charged March 14 with one felony count each of murder for the Jan. 30 killing of Charles Ogletree, dissuading a witness by force or threat involving another person and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Guy Eugene Alford III was in the drive-thru ordering food when the robber approached and shot him, according to prosecutors.
A judge on Thursday said she was inclined to give the pastor prison time if he’d decided to plead guilty. But Rev. Misi Tagaloa maintains his motives were pure.
The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal cited “compelling evidence of guilt” by Brandon Ivan Colbert Jr., who was convicted of first-degree murder for the Aug. 6, 2016, murders of Carina Mancera, 26, and her daughter, Jennabel Anaya.
