SAN QUENTIN —Condemned inmate Stevie Lamar Fields, 60, who was on California’s death row from Los Angeles County, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at 6:05 a.m. at San Quentin State Prison. He had been found in his cell unresponsive at 5:38 a.m. Lifesaving measures were initiated, but Fields passed away. The cause of death is unknown pending the results of an autopsy. Fields was single-celled.
Fields was sentenced to death by a Los Angeles County jury for a crime spree which occurred in Los Angeles from September 28, 1978, to October 5, 1978.
Fields was convicted for the kidnapping, robbery, rape and murder of 26-year-old Rosemary Janet Cobb.
Fields was also convicted of the kidnapping, robbery and rape of Gwendolyn Elaine Barnett, Cynthia Marie Smith and Colleen Coats and the robbery of Clarence Gissendander.
Fields had been on California’s death row since August 27, 1979.
Since 1978, when California reinstated capital punishment, 71 condemned inmates have died from natural causes, 25 have committed suicide, 13 have been executed in California, one was executed in Missouri, one was executed in Virginia, eight have died from other causes, and four (including Fields) causes of death are pending. There are currently 750 offenders on California’s death row.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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CONTACT: Lt. Sam Robinson,(415) 455-5008
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