People v. Clark

Filed 8/29/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) S045078 v. ) ) ROYAL CLARK, ) ) Fresno County Defendant and Appellant. ) Super. Ct. No. 446252-9 ____________________________________) After a jury found Royal Clark competent to stand trial, another jury convicted him of the first degree murder of Billie-Jo Laurie Farkas (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189),1 the premeditated attempted murder of Angie Higgins (§§ 187, subd. (a), 664, subd. (a)), two counts of robbery (§§ 211, 212.5, subd. (b)), the attempted rape of Farkas (§§ 261, subd. (a)(2),…