Legal Opinion

People v. Price

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 9, 2017No. A140775PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

STEWART, J.

—Defendant Kiarra Marie Price, then 20 years old, along with two friends, participated in a robbery of Benjamin Merrill during which one of them needlessly and senselessly shot and killed 22-year-old Merrill. The Contra Costa District Attorney charged Price and her friends, Kendra Fells and Teareney Brown, with murder and robbery, entered into plea agreements with Fells and Brown that resulted in convictions for voluntary manslaughter, robbery and other charges and 15-year sentences for each, and prosecuted Price for murder and robbery. Fells testified with immunity against…

2Cases cited57 opinions

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