Tustin : Employee Convicted in Fatal Stabbing of Boss
A chemical company employee was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his boss and now will stand trial to see if he was sane when he committed the crime.
Ivory Joe Valentine, 32, was convicted in the fatal stabbing of Ronald R. Gorby, 52, a supervisor at the Dynachem Corp. plant in Tustin, and of attempted manslaughter for attacking John O. Wolcott, the company’s personnel director.
The stabbings occurred last Nov. 8, when Gorby and Wolcott summoned Valentine to tell him he was being fired, police said.
Proceedings in Orange County Superior Court were scheduled to begin today to determine whether Valentine was sane at the time of the stabbings.
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