Kumra Murder: Mountain View Suspect Dixon Has New Attorney

Raven Chanel Dixon, the suspect arrested in Mountain View for the murder of Mountain Winery owner Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra, has a new lawyer who claims she "had nothing to do" with it.

Andrew Dosa replaces previous defense counsels John Ambrosio and Denise Zingale, and now he has to familiarize himself with more than 500 pages of discovery documents turned over by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

"I'm finally getting discovery to see what the District Attorney is saying is connecting my client to this case," Dosa said. "We don't believe she should be involved. She had nothing to do with the defendants before or after."

Dosa said that his client was't involved despite the investigator reports that say Dixon knew the other suspects and was an accessory to the murder.

"If I know somebody and they commit a crime, am I guilty? She didn't do anything to help any of them," he said. "Her knowing them doesn't connect them to their behavior. She's done nothing to support any of them."

All five defendants in the Monte Sereno murder case of Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra—Deangelo Austin and Javier Garcia, both 21; Lukis Anderson, 26; Raven Chanel Dixon, 22; and Katrina Fritz, 32—appeared in Santa Clara County Superior Court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial hearing.

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Smith maintains the

The men each face six felony counts of murder, assault, criminal threats, false imprisonment, robbery and residential burglary. Dixon has been charged as an accessory to murder and Fritz has been charged with murder in the commission of a robbery and home invasion robbery. Gang enhancements have been added to four of the five defendants, except Anderson, Smith said.

None of the defendants have entered pleas except for

Brother and sister Deangelo Austin and Katrina Fritz appeared together for the first time together, but sat on different rows of the San Jose Hall of Justice.

Smith presented to the judge a notice of the search warrant used to track Fritz' vehicle as police investigated her activities before her arrest in connection to the case.

"As my paralegal gets it finished [discovery documents] and redacted I'll turn it over to the defense attorneys," Smith said after the hearing.

The discovery documents could end up being thousands of pages, attorneys said.

Los Gatos/Monte Sereno police detectives, aided by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, continue to investigate the case. There's the possibility that more defendants could be added in the future, Smith said.

Attorneys Kelley Kulick, Melissa Adams, Chris Givens and Ken Mandel appeared on behalf of Anderson, Austin, Garcia and Fritz.

"All five defendants have been joined," explained Kulick. "I plan on doing an independent fact investigation about what happened and nothing is taken at face value."

Kulick also said her client is not a gang member, lived in San Jose and has a mental health history. She also said he had a criminal record, but "nothing that would rise to this level."

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