Legal Opinion
People v. Partner
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 23, 1986No. B006417PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ASHBY, J.
By jury trial appellant was convicted of first degree murder, robbery, and of the special circumstance that the murder was committed during the commission of robbery. In addition, the jury found true the allegations of use of a firearm and infliction of great bodily injury. In accordance with the jury verdict on the penalty phase of trial, appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.
On June 18, 1983, the victim, Rafael Vasquez, was walking through the Jordan Downs Housing Project in South Central Los Angeles when he was robbed and killed by…
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