Robert Smith was 79 . He was serving a life sentence for the 1979 murder of a Los Angeles police officer . `` Yes , '' Campbell , 31 , replied . The case was chronicled in John Wambaugh 's book , ` ` The Onion Field ''
Robert Smith was 79 . He was serving a life sentence for the 1979 murder of a Los Angeles police officer . The case was chronicled in John Wambaugh 's book , ` ` The Onion Field ''