Craig A. Ross is an inmate on death row
in the state of California..
Crime
Ross and Steven Champion killed a man
and his 14-year-old son during the robbery of the victims' home. That
evening they robbed a nearby apartment, raping a woman inside and
killing her brother. Ross was convicted of three murders, Champion of
two.
In 1982, a jury convicted petitioner of three counts of murder, five of
robbery, two of burglary, and one of rape in concert, finding that he
was armed with a firearm in the course of each offense. On each count
of murder, the jury found special circumstances of robbery-murder,
burglary-murder, and multiple-murder, and on one of the murder counts
also found a rape-murder special circumstance. Both petitioner and the
codefendant at trial, Steven Allen Champion, who was convicted of some
of these crimes, were sentenced to death.
Briefly, the evidence at the guilt phase of petitioner's trial disclosed
that on December 12, 1980, petitioner and three accomplices burglarized
the home of Bobby Hassan, a marijuana dealer, ransacked the house, and
murdered both Bobby and his son, Eric Hassan, by shooting them in the
head while they were lying on a bed. Bobby's hands were tied behind
his back. The evidence also indicated that on December 27, 1980,
petitioner and three accomplices burglarized the home of Michael, Cora,
and Mary Taylor, robbing the occupants and murdering Michael Taylor.
Petitioner forced Mary Taylor to enter the bathroom, where he raped her.
The prosecution offered no evidence showing who fired the shots that
killed either the Hassans or Michael Taylor.
His victims include Bobby and Eric Hassan, and Michael Taylor.
Address
Craig A. Ross C58000
San Quentin State Prison Death Row
San Quentin, CA 94974
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