{"id":114025,"date":"2023-09-19T13:51:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=114025"},"modified":"2023-09-19T13:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:51:23","slug":"womans-conviction-upheld-for-boyfriends-stabbing-death-in-lake-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2023\/09\/19\/womans-conviction-upheld-for-boyfriends-stabbing-death-in-lake-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s conviction upheld for boyfriend&#8217;s stabbing death in Lake LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_87077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87077\" style=\"width: 1267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Edward-Cole-and-Melissa-B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87077\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Edward-Cole-and-Melissa-B.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1267\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Edward-Cole-and-Melissa-B.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Edward-Cole-and-Melissa-B-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Edward-Cole-and-Melissa-B-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Edward-Cole-and-Melissa-B-1024x582.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1267px) 100vw, 1267px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victim Edward Cole and convicted murderer Melissa Buranasombati. [Facebook photos]<\/figcaption><\/figure>A state appeals court panel on Monday, Sept. 18, upheld a woman&#8217;s conviction for fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2019 after an argument at a Lake Los Angeles home.<\/p>\n<p>The three-justice panel from California&#8217;s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense&#8217;s contention that <strong>Melissa Buranasombati<\/strong> had tried to discharge her retained attorney as the prosecution neared the end of its case in her trial and a dispute ensued between the two over whether she should testify in her own defense.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1353484827\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Defendant&#8217;s challenges lack merit because she never requested self-representation or new counsel, whether appointed or retained,&#8221; the appellate court justices wrote in the 12-page ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Buranasombati, now 35, was convicted of second-degree murder with a knife use allegation for the April 9, 2019, slaying of <strong>Edward Cole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The panel noted that the Buranasombati&#8217;s son testified that he saw her take a knife from the kitchen before going to the garage, and that a friend of Buranasombati saw her &#8220;swing&#8221; at Cole, causing Cole to bleed from his chest.\u00a0Cole was pronounced dead at a hospital from a stab wound to the chest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defendant&#8217;s former boyfriend testified that in the past, defendant had attacked him multiple times, including with a knife, gun, scissors, fork, or baseball bat,&#8221; according to the appellate court panel&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Buranasombati was arrested that day by Los Angeles County sheriff&#8217;s deputies.\u00a0She was sentenced in April 2022 to 16 years to life in state prison.<\/p>\n<p>Previous related stories:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/12\/10\/av-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-boyfriends-stabbing-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>AV woman pleads not guilty to boyfriend\u2019s stabbing death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/05\/30\/arraignment-postponed-in-lake-la-stabbing-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Arraignment postponed in Lake LA stabbing death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/04\/16\/woman-charged-in-lake-la-stabbing-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Woman charged in Lake LA stabbing death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/04\/10\/man-stabbed-in-lake-los-angeles-later-dies-at-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Man stabbed in Lake Los Angeles, later dies at hospital<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A state appeals court panel on Monday, Sept. 18, upheld a woman&#8217;s conviction for fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2019 after an argument at a Lake Los Angeles home. 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