Adrian George Camacho, 47, was convicted of first-degree murder for the June 13, 2003, slaying of Officer Tony Zeppetella.
OCEANSIDE — The California Supreme Court Monday upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of gunning down an Oceanside police officer nearly two decades ago.
The ruling states Zeppetella, then 27, approached Camacho's car in the parking lot of a Navy Federal Credit Union on the afternoon of June 13. Camacho's defense centered on his mental state during the shooting, which he argued was clouded by drug use. In addition to an ongoing heroin addiction, he had also been using methamphetamine and had been prescribed other drugs by a psychiatrist. This caused him to undergo"a period of delirium and psychosis" during the shooting, according to the ruling.
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