Gallo Found GUILTY on Three Counts of Murder
According to this link to OC Reg
over 1 year ago
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Hope they don't go easy on the sentencing.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
Hopefully he gets life
and rots in prison.
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It was a long time coming...
All of a sudden I’m filled with grief again RIP Nick, Courtney and Henry.
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Justice is done
The healing of John Wilhite will be our healing as well. A tragic chapter is closing for us all. No celebration, muted mourning and maybe a kinder, gentler appreciation for life. But aleays tinged with the sadness of loss.
by Rev Halofan on Sep 27, 2010 11:30 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
Good.............
SOB
"Oh man, moral victories and pulling confidence from losses, that's crap" -Marcus Stroud
by norcaliangelsfan on Sep 27, 2010 11:43 AM PDT reply actions
Rest In Peace... Nick, Courtney Henry
Don’t drive drunk, y’all. We’ve probably all done it at least once and you know you all felt stupid afterwards for doing that shit…
Be safe! Be smart!
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by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Sep 27, 2010 11:43 AM PDT reply actions
Justice finally for Nick
i hope the fucker got the death penalty but oh well.
Prison will be hard for him. Hope he is surrounded by Angel Fans in prison.
Gallo i hope you get raped every night until you die
"You dont need long hair to rip off your sleeves and be a badass" - J. Allen
This is justice
It really is. I do not think that reckless drinking behavior is treated harshly enough in our society, and I appreciate that the jurors on this case have removed a dangerous man from our streets, at least for the time being. He killed three people despite knowing what could happen, despite not having a license, despite previous court warnings about what his behavior could lead to. It’s unfortunate he could not control himself. Now the people will do that for him.
I want to be angry, but I’m really just sad. We lost a shining star, and two parents lost their only child. Two other innocent lives were also lost, and the one that was saved was only spared by nothing shy or a miracle. How can I be angry when all I lost was a player to praise or criticize?
I hope this helps provide closure, but it will always hurt just the same.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Agreed.
My response is to shake my head. I am pleased by a successful prosecution, but there’s no winners here. Just a lot of friends, fans, and family that wish it had never happened, that Gallo was as anonymous today as he was on April 6,2009.
He got his Due Process...
Now give him the 50 year maximum sentence he so richly deserves.
Break out
Your DaVanon jerseys that day
by Rev Halofan on Sep 27, 2010 12:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Finally justice!
At least something has gone right this year, I hope this drunken killer gets life!
Cab fare is never a fare too high to pay to keep from killing someone on your way home people, please drink responsibly.
The bat of Howie will rise again!
We Fly Flags
R.I.P. #34
by The Furious Bat of Howie47 on Sep 27, 2010 12:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The LA Times article:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/verdict-in-death-of-nick-adenhart-.html
One other tidbit in this article that did not appear in the OCR article:
He always made sure he had a designated driver, and in the hours before the crash it was Rivera, his designated driver, who pushed him to drink, she said.
When the crash happened, Goodman argued, Gallo and Rivera were so intoxicated that it is possible Rivera was actually the driver. She conceded that it was unlikely and said Gallo didn’t want her to argue the point.
Looks like Gallo’s lawyer tried to throw everything against the wall to see if it would stick including blaming it on his stepbrother, the non-driving designated driver.
I hate the Texas Rangers
Their cell phones must have been broken ...
surely they could have called a taxi.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 27, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Justice is served.
Helps that Goodman pretty much jumped the shark in closing arguments, including throwing in arguments that were already held inadmissible…that and Gallo wasn’t really the driver? Really? I understand that the defense can ethically hold the prosecutor to her burden of beyond a reasonable doubt on every charge, but really—it’s hard to do this when you’ve basically already conceded the point earlier in the trial.
It’s sad that the rest of Gallo’s life will be spent in jail after making an incredibly stupid decision. But that’s just it—Gallo knew what the consequences were and behaved as he did with conscious disregard for those consequences. It’s time he faced the music.
I’m saddened, but all the same very glad, that he will have to own up to what he did for at least the next 55 years.
Now if only sentencing didn’t have to wait for another 2.5. months…
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
This isn't the best forum for this...
…and I will restrain my response, but I find the statement “Justice is served” really irritating when applied to these life events. Yes, in some legal sense, “justice” has been “served” (I need to add the disclaimer “some” pending appeals).
Justice has been served? True justice? Ask yourself if you would trade the life of a close family member for a 55 year to life conviction for their murderer, and then you may understand my objection to the phrase “justice is served”. No it hasn’t. Nor could it ever.
by sothball on Sep 27, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I think Hank Pearson's dad said it well:
Nigel Pearson, the father of one of the victims, said “there are no winners in this situation, but our families are very satisfied with the verdicts.”
Well, no obviously not for Nick or Courtney or Henry
But justice, to the greatest extent our law can provide, has indeed been served. If Gallo had been acquitted, or even convicted on manslaughter, surely that would not have been justice.
Gallo made a terrible choice that destroyed four lives (as well as his own as it turns out, though that had perhaps/probably happened long before that night). To face the consequences of that conduct, and to the fullest extent allowed by the law, is the closest to justice for which we can hope.
I agree that this does not bring Nick or Courtney or Henry back, and it does not miraculously heal Jon Wilhite, but it does provide some small reassurance that our legal system works and those who disregard the lives of others will pay the consequence. We can’t realistically ask any more in this situation.
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
I understand what you're saying...
…it’s that phrase “Justice has been served” that’s like fingernails on a chalkboard. If you have ever known anyone that has been similarly affected, you realize very quickly there is no justice that can ever be administered. It isn’t possible. He took 3 young lives (and ravaged many others) while he still has his life (and no, I also do not believe he deserves the death penalty or torture or daily gang rape).
Further, this lost, empty little man (I don’t think Gallo is evil, merely pathetic), will likely spend many more years in prison reading books, hanging with homies, watching movies, receiving conjugal visits and getting 3 meals a day (all at taxpayer expense) while the memory of those he murdered slowly but inexorably fade. People move on. I know that prison isn’t the greatest experience, but ask him (or most other prisoners) if they would prefer that life or no life at all.
These are just some of the reasons I hate that phrase.
“Legal justice”, perhaps.
True justice, no, not even close. You may not intend it, but that phrase belittles the lives lost. We cannot ever administer true justice.
he owes the house 3 lives and one severe disability.
There is no way to pay that back. He has but one life to offer in return. I will not shed a single tear if he chooses to pay that price.
Then I guess it's unfortunate from that perspective that our legal system does not allow for that outcome.
Assuming that is that you’re talking about the death penalty, which is allowed only in even more extreme cases.
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
Juror holdout (from the updated article):
Another juror, Dennis Rooney, 52, an event-planner from Laguna Niguel, said most jury members were ready to convict Gallo on Friday. He held out over the weekend, he said, to think through whether Gallo acted with “willful and conscious disregard” – the standard for a conviction.
What made the difference, Rooney said, was a videotaped police interview in which Gallo said he doesn’t like to drink shots of liquor because they have a strong effect on him. The night of the crash, Gallo repeatedly drank shots with his stepbrother. To Rooney, that indicated that Gallo knew what he was doing. He voted for conviction Monday.
The video shows Gallo and Rivera ogling the scantily-clad bartenders, fist-bumping, tapping glasses, back-slapping, play-fighting and making phone calls. Gallo and Rivera also left their seats on several occasions, apparently to use the restroom.
The pair left the bar at 10:14 p.m. after Gallo paid for drinks, according to the video, about the same time the Angels’ game was wrapping up in Anaheim. Price contends that at some time during the evening the stepbrothers walked to the Redwood Inn, a hard-liquor bar a few storefronts away, for at least one more beer and a shot of tequila.
From the Register, http://www.ocregister.com/news/gallo-266804-bar-video.html
its always interesting to hear what a juror based his decision on
in this instance, the article makes it seem like he convicts because gallo knew hard liquor fucks him up, but still drank hard liquor. He mentions nothing of a decision to drive, be it before or after drinking the hard liquor. To him it didn’t matter, just that Gallo knew he was drinking hard liquor and he should know that hard liquor would lead to him ending up driving somehow. Weird. It’s like ending up with the right answer, and I do believe it’s right, but having the wrong work behind it. Surprising this guy was the holdout.
Sentencing should he gut wrenching. Victim impact statements … wouldn’t want to be in there for that.
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Sep 27, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Soon comes my kind of justice...

(here’s to hoping his cellie is an Angels fan)
are angels fans better rapers?
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Sep 27, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
that is off on a disgusting tangent
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
i dont see why everyone is so excited to throw around jokes about rape
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Sep 27, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
No one obviously.
W6G -- Unless there's a good trade on the table.
by RexTookMyStash on Sep 28, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Has it been mentioned whether or not Gallo has parents
and if they were at the trial? Just wondering, of course I don’t think it makes any difference in his case, but I couldn’t help feeling really badly for his mom and dad.
His dad gave a heartfelt apology...
BUT, I thought I had heard that Gallo’s folks tossed him the keys in spite of knowing the MF’er had a suspended license. Maybe they gave the keys to the cousin or something, that might make more sense, but still. Get the kid into AA to solve his problem with alcohol.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 27, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, Cath.
Good article. I’m not looking to excuse him, whether he had great parents, or horrid parents who “tossed him the keys.” I wanted him convicted but I’m just imagining how it would feel if you knew your son was responsible for the deaths of three people plus what happened to Wilhite.
Parents are to blame as well.
They should be shot in the head for being a key part in molding andrew gallo into the person he is today.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Sep 27, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Why? He's a legal adult and responsible for his own actions.
I have friends who came from nice, cushy, upper-middle class backgrounds and turned out to be screw ups. How is that their parents’ fault?
"You gotta have nuts." / "Coming Around 3rd, especially if I'm ticked off, that's going to happen." - Torii Hunter
by Commander_Nate on Sep 27, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There are plenty of enablers in nice, cushy upper-middle class neighborhoods.
Being a piece of shit parent transcends class.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Sep 27, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree
I’m just saying, being a piece of shit doesn’t imply fault on the part of one’s parents.
"You gotta have nuts." / "Coming Around 3rd, especially if I'm ticked off, that's going to happen." - Torii Hunter
by Commander_Nate on Sep 27, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Reading their backstory, I think it's a pretty safe bet that the parents have enabled Andrew for a very long time.
I have no sympathy watching them babble about how he made a mistake and should be granted forgiveness.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Sep 27, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't either, I just don't think they are at fault
He went through the public school system, right? He’s only a few years younger than me, so I know he was bombarded with drug and alcohol education starting at least in middle school. No matter how he was raised by his parents, he was well-informed of the risks of booze by the time he reached adulthood.
"You gotta have nuts." / "Coming Around 3rd, especially if I'm ticked off, that's going to happen." - Torii Hunter
by Commander_Nate on Sep 27, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
What a fucking asinine thing to say.
Maybe we can find all members of his family and incinerate them, thereby eliminating most traces of their gene pool. Accountability is individually exclusive. I can’t believe this has to be explained to an adult, or that I actually took time to respond.
Maybe we can find all members of his family and incinerate them...
There’s always a little truth in sarcasm.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Sep 27, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The sad part is they are probably going to appeal the case...
…based on the judge not allowing some pieces of evidence, yadda yadda.
It’s part of the justice system so we need to tolerate it but I hope it’s denied.
If the appeal is allowed, new thread in 3… 2…
I say use Gallo as a real life crash test dummy.
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by Quad Fin Rider on Sep 27, 2010 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't be happy about this
Gallo committed a terrible, terrible crime. Of course he should be in prison for many years. That’s how it has to be. But I just can’t feel good about someone’s life wasting in prison. I’m honestly surprised at the vindictiveness in this comment thread. Don’t misunderstand me, he made a monumental mistake and now he has to pay for it. It’s still a damn shame, another waste of a life, and it doesn’t make what he did any better. I can’t go so far as to say that he is also a victim, because it was his crime, but he is still a human being who is suffering. Even if it is self-inflicted, I don’t take any pleasure in the suffering of others.
by Suboptimal on Sep 28, 2010 12:32 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
I would rather see one life wasted
than see him out on the streets killing many more lives with his car and booze.
he wasted it, homeboy.
he owes a debt. A debt he can never repay. This kid had many chances. It IS sad and nothing to cheer. But he did this. And now he must pay society for what he has done. He will be held accountable.
Unsaid in all of this...
PLEASE, PLEASE! Don’t drink and drive! This young man never intended to destroy four families, not including his own. Truth is, he probably never took it seriously. Well, he does now and so should we. I’ve woken up in a lot of jail cells in my youth. But I could never live with myself if I ever woke up to the news that I had killed 3 people and seriously injured a fourth. I lost a cousin years ago to a drunk driver. I think we should all make a solemn oath here and now to learn from this, so their deaths are not in vain. I for one will never be the same.
by firebird81 on Sep 28, 2010 10:29 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs



























