Appeals Court Upholds Conviction for Covina Man Who Murdered Roommate

Appeals Court Upholds Conviction for Covina Man Who Murdered Roommate

A state appeals court panel has upheld a man’s second-degree murder conviction for shooting his roommate who was sitting inside a vehicle at the Covina mobile home park where they lived. The three-justice panel rejected the defense’s contention that there errors were made in the trial of Michael Irving Ness, who is serving a 40-year-to-life state prison sentence for the Feb. 22, 2018, killing of Ray Bonilla. Ness, now 73, was convicted of second…