Violence
Against Women

Jury Finds Herring Guilty on Four Felony Counts

After a 5-week trial, a Sonoma County jury came in on April 9th with their verdicts in the attempted murder case of Rohnert Park pharmacist Dale Herring. Herring was tried on nine felony charges in the July 5, 2002 physical and sexual assault on Kimberly Ramming. Ramming died less than two days later of drowning and an accidental overdose on drugs allegedly supplied by Herring. Here are the verdicts and sentencing exposures:

Not Guilty:
Sexual penetration by foreign object (2 counts)

Unable to Reach a Verdict:
Attempted murder (the vote was 8-4 guilty)
Terrorist threats (10-2 guilty)
Forced oral copulation (10-2 guilty)

Note the total sentence will depend on whether Judge Boyd assigns the min./mid-term/max. sentence and whether the terms are to be served concurrently (at the same time) or consecutively (one term follows the other).

Sentencing will be set at next week's post-trial hearing. Watch our website for the date.