Daniel L. Whalen is an inmate on death
row in the state of California..
Crime
Whalen and two accomplices gained entry
to a house under the pretense that their car had broken down, then
shot a man who was watching the property.
In March 1994, Sherman Robbins was house sitting for his brother, who
was away on vacation. Late one evening, defendant and his accomplices,
Michelle Lee Joe and Melissa Fader, gained entry into the home by
pretending the car they had been driving had broken down. The three took
numerous items from the house, and defendant shot Robbins as he lay on a
couch with his hands tied behind his back. Joe and Fader were initially
charged, along with defendant, with Robbins's first degree murder and
robbery, but each agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges in exchange
for her testimony against defendant. At trial, defendant attempted to place the blame for the murder on Joe
and argued the evidence was legally insufficient to corroborate the
accomplice testimony. At the penalty phase, defendant's attorney and an
expert relayed to jurors defendant's expressed desire for the jury to
impose the death penalty, but each made a case for sparing defendant's
life.
Address
Daniel L. Whalen K13900
San Quentin State Prison Death Row
San Quentin, CA 94974
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