People v. Orona

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Defendant, Frank Orona, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder after deliberation, seven counts of forgery, and one count of giving false information to a pawnbroker. We affirm.

The prosecution charged defendant with first degree murder under theories of both felony murder and murder after deliberation, claiming that defendant stole the victim’s credit cards, forced him to cash two cheeks to empty his bank accounts, and then intentionally and deliberately killed him.

Defendant admitted that he killed the…