Legal Opinion
People v. Ervine
California Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 2009No. S054372PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J. —
After his motion for change of venue was granted, defendant Dennis Newton Ervine was convicted by a Sacramento County jury of the first degree murder of Lassen County Deputy Sheriff Larry Griffith and the attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murders of Commander William Freitas, Deputy Wayne Aldridge, and Deputy Henry Mahan, all by use of a firearm. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 664, subds. (a), (e), 1203.06, 12022.5.) The jury found true the special circumstances that defendant murdered a peace officer in the line of duty (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(7)), that defendant…
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