AN APPEAL BY A SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY RANCH FOREMAN HAS BEEN DENIED. 63 YEAR-OLD RAMON ESPARZA RIOS WAS SENTENCED TO 3 CONSECUTIVE LIFE-WITHOUT-PAROLE TERMS (FOR KILLING HIS 12 YEAR-OLD SON, HIS WIFE, AND HER COUSIN IN 1990). RIOS APPEALED THE SENTENCE SAYING HE FELT THAT HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT ADEQUATELY SHOW THAT RIOS ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
