Legal Opinion
People v. D'Arcy
California Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 2010No. S060500PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORENO, J.
A jury found defendant Jonathan Daniel D’Arcy guilty of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) 1 of Karen Laborde and found true special circumstance allegations that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(18)) and was committed while defendant was engaged in the commission of mayhem in violation of section 203 (§ 190.2, former subd. (a)(17)(x), now subd. (a)(17)(J)).
The jury deadlocked at the penalty phase, and the trial court declared a mistrial. After retrial of the penalty phase, a different jury returned a verdict of…
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