Court briefs for May 2, 2002

Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 9:14 a.m.

Man receives 10 years to life

A 49-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 67-year-old man.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Robert Daskas said Ronald Lee Wyman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Eustaquio Morales.

Wyman is alleged to have walked up to Morales in the Basic Bargain Market on Ogden Avenue on July 17 and punched Morales, causing him to fall. Once on the ground, Daskas said Wyman continued to beat Morales, who died a few days later.

Woman, 25, given probation

A 23-year-old Las Vegas woman accused of using drugs to render men unconscious and then rob them was sentenced Wednesday to five years' probation.

Brendalyn Lane was sentenced after pleading the equivalent of no contest to two counts of burglary and one count of grand larceny last month.

She could have received as much as three to 25 years in prison.

Lane and her roommate, Melissa Davis, 39, faced or face multiple counts in connection with a dozen incidents that involved tourists, many of whom came to Las Vegas from abroad.

Davis is scheduled to go to trial July 15.

77-year sentence handed down

A serial sex offender who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from attacks on nine women in Las Vegas was sentenced to 77 1/2 years in prison Wednesday with parole possible after 31 years.

According to court records, Grady Mullins moved to Clark County in the 1990s after being deemed a habitual rapist in Alabama and serving three years of a 10-year sentence there.

Between 2000 and 2001, authorities say, Mullins, 38, followed nine women home from bars or their places of work and would show up in the parking lots of their apartment complexes, often naked, and with a mask over his head. He then would ambush the women as they walked into their homes. In each case, the victim resisted with sufficient force and Mullins fled the scene.

Felon indicted on numerous counts

A seven-time convicted felony who was shot more than 20 times during a gun battle with police has been indicted.

Deputy District Attorney Christopher Lalli said Harry Kondiles was indicted Tuesday on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of discharging a weapon out of a vehicle and one count each of attempted murder, possession of a stolen firearm, evading police and battery with use of a deadly weapon.

An additional charge of ex-felon in possession of a firearm will likely be filed by the U.S. attorney's office because the federal charge carries a much stiffer sentence, Lalli said.

Kondiles was shot in November when he fired at officers and rammed their vehicles as they tried to arrest him on outstanding warrants.

Kondiles will be arraigned by District Judge Michael Cherry next week, Lalli said.

District Judge Joseph Bonaventure is presiding over another case in which Kondiles faces 24 property and drug-related charges. He is scheduled to go to trial in that case in August.