While Gails murder remained unsolved, Bierenbaum, who speaks four languages, plays classical guitar and is a gourmet cook, moved first to Las Vegas, then to Minot, N.D. Moreover, a federal court must apply the clearly established Supreme Court jurisprudence as of either the date of the pertinent state court adjudicat[ion] on the merits, or the date when the state court conviction became final. Mungo v. Duncan, 393 F.3d 327, 333-34 (2d Cir.2004). Hes a very gentle, wonderful person, Schiff tells us, and Janets an extraordinary woman. Few questioned Dr. Bob, as they called him, who was convicted last week of murdering his first wife. Dr. Stephanie Youngblood, a chiropractor who lived with Bierenbaum from 1990 to 1993, testified that Bierenbaum told her that Katz had a drug problem, was having extramarital affairs, and that he felt her death was drug-related: [h]e felt she went to Central Park to hang out with her druggie friends.. Bierenbaum claims that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at trial, and that the admission at trial of numerous out-of-court statements made by the victim violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. His current wife, Dr. Janet Chollet, who sat through every day of the trial, wished her husband luck and slipped from the courtroom just before the verdict was read. With a dual passion for health care and criminal justice reform, Chollet has completed laboratory internships at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, and the Wistar Institute. Until that serious role comes along, though, the former Fugee has kept busy playing the straight man. Bierenbaum had contacted O'Malley on July 10 to inquire about the progress of the investigation. Defense counsel could reasonably have concluded that it made no sense to request a territorial jurisdiction instruction-unsupported by any evidence-that contradicted the defense's theory of the case, that Katz left the apartment alive and was alive that afternoon on the streets of Manhattan. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. See People v. Bierenbaum, 850 N.E.2d 674 (N.Y.2006). ''Ten years ago we were a hospital, and now we're a health system,'' Schwann said, with 80 physicians, 7 community clinics and eye-care and mental-health programs. vol. His daughter, Romana Lee-Akiyama, will lead a panel discussion, to be followed by a live painting demonstration by Lok Lee apprentice and longtime friendS. Joon Thomas. Katz told him that she was going to move in with her friend Ellen Schwartz in Connecticut. Katz told her about an incident, precipitated by smoking, when Bierenbaum became enraged and attempted to strangle her. To our surprise, it came back that Gail Katz had been eliminated as a contributor of that sample, said Bibb. Bierenbaum told Dalsass that he had awakened at approximately 9:30 Sunday morning, that Katz had received a telephone call from an acquaintance that disappointed her, and that she left at about 11 a.m. after an argument, telling him that she intended to go to Central Park to get some sun. No one, other than Bierenbaum, reported seeing Katz after July 6. Bierenbaum remains in prison. Bierenbaum, an experienced pilot who had been convicted on circumstantial evidence, was serving his 20 years-to-life prison sentence when he made the chilling confession during a December 2020 parole board hearing. The two-hour special describes Bierenbaum, a multilinguistic surgeon, skier, chef and pilot, as a Jekyl and Hyde figure. Bierenbaum faults his trial counsel for failing to object when the prosecution argued in summation that Bierenbaum allowed an argument to get explosive and choked Katz as he had done before, only this time to her death.4 He argues that the statements invited the jury to consider the 1983 choking incident as evidence of propensity, and that there was no evidence that Katz died by strangulation or that Bierenbaum stood over her as she died. Bierenbaum, 748 N.Y.S.2d at 583. In 2000, a grand jury indicted Bierenbaum for second-degree murder. ''The guy was super nice,'' said Jason Naylor, a fellow pilot. Although there was no evidence to that effect, defense counsel did not object. Her sister wasnt buying his story. After Bierenbaum's direct appeal was concluded, he filed a motion with the trial court to set aside the judgment on the grounds that trial and appellate counsel had rendered ineffective assistance of counsel.