USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Armando Macias, 35, latino

An Orange County jury recommended the death penalty for Armando Macias, 35, latino, for the Oct. 2, 2002 killing of David Montemayor, 44. Macias became the fifth and final co-defendant to be tried in the case. The slaying was set up by Deborah Ann Perna, Montemayor's sister, who was angry and jealous when she learned that their father planned to hand over control of the family trucking business to his son, according to the testimony in the previous trials.. The other defendants in the case, and their roles in the shooting are: Deborah Ann Perna, 54, convicted in 2005 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Anthony Navarro, 44, convicted in 2007 of arranging to have three younger Pacoima Flats gang members kidnap and murder Montemayor. He received the death penalty on July 11, 2008 (see). Gerardo Lopez, 27, who was a juvenile at the time of the offense – was sentenced in 2006 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Alberto Martinez, 33, who was the get-away driver, received the death penalty on Aug. 6, 2010 (see).