People v. Thomas

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

Defendant Correll Lament Thomas was convicted of the first degree murder of Creed Grote and the attempted murder of Troy Ortiz. He was also convicted of the second degree murder of Ricky McDonald. As special circumstances of the Grote murder, the jury found that defendant lay in wait, 2 discharged a firearm from a vehicle with intent to inflict death, 3 and committed multiple murders. 4 It also found that defendant personally used a firearm 5 in the Grote/Ortiz crimes, and that he thereby intended to inflict great bodily injury or death upon Grote. 6 Finally, the jury found…