Robert L. Yates Jr.
Robert L. Yates Jr.
Robert L. Yates Jr.,
right, looks through a door cracked-open, before his
arraignment
at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash.,
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000.
Robert Lee Yates Jr.
stands emotionless as he is sentenced to a 408-year prison
term in
a Spokane County Superior courtroom, in Spokane,
Washington, October 26, 2000.
Robert L. Yates Jr.,
right, talks with his attorney, Spokane County public
defender Jay Ames,
during his arraignment in Spokane, Wash.,
May 31, 2000.
Robert Yates addressed the family and friends
of his victims during his sentencing.
Robert Yates pleaded guilty to 13 murders,
and one attempted murder.
Robert L. Yates Jr.,
right, stands beside defense attorney Roger Hunko, during
Yates' arraignment, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000, at Pierce County
Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Robert L. Yates Jr. pleaded
innocent in the slayings of two women in Pierce County,
where the prosecutor has filed charges that could lead to
the death penalty. Yates, who last week pleaded guilty to 13
counts of murder in Spokane County, was arraigned in Pierce
County Superior Court on two counts of aggravated first-degree
murder in the deaths of Melinda L. Mercer in 1997 and Connie
Ellis in 1998.
Robert L. Yates Jr., left,
wipes away tears as he pleads guilty to killing 13 people, dating
back
a quarter century, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000, in Spokane, Wash.
Scott Mason, an assistant
public defender for Spokane County, looks on at right. Robert L.
Yates Jr., a 48-year-old father of five, will be sentenced next week
to spend the rest of
his life in prison. He still could face the death penalty if he is
convicted of two
Tacoma-area slayings and an additional murder in Spokane County.
Robert Lee Yates Jr.
wipes tears from his eyes while appearing at a Spokane
County
Superior courtroom in Eastern Washington, October 19,
2000.
Yates sentenced to over 400 years in jail.
Serial killer Robert L. Yates Jr. enters a
Pierce County Superior courtroom.
Robert Lee Yates Jr. (C)
gestures while apologizing to the families of his murder
victims before he is
sentenced to a 408-year prison term in
a Spokane County Superior courtroom, in Spokane,
Washington,
October 26, 2000.
Yates is flanked by his public defenders
Richard Fasy (L) and Jay Ames (R). Yates pled guilty to 13
murders and one attempted murder in order to escape the
death penalty. Yates, a former
Washington Army National
Guard helicopter pilot, will appear in Tacoma, Washington
October
31 where he is charged with two counts of first-degree
and could still face the death penalty.
Robert Lee Yates Jr. (R)
is unhandcuffed after entering a Spokane County Superior
courtroom in
Eastern Washington, October 19, 2000 where he
pled guilty to 13 murder charges and one
attempted murder
charge as part of a plea bargain agreement to avoid the
death penalty.
Serial killer Robert L. Yates Jr., center, is escorted into a
courtroom for his sentencing, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000.
Robert L. Yates Jr., center, speaks to relatives of his victims
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000, before being
sentenced in a courtroom in Spokane, Wash. Yates' attorney Richard Fasy, stands at right.
Robert L. Yates Jr. pleads guilty to 13 murders, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000,
in a courtroom in Spokane, Wash.
Defense attorneys for Robert Yates say a not guilty plea
makes their defense more difficult.
Robert Yates appeared in court in Tacoma.
Robert L. Yates Jr.
Robert L. Yates Jr.
