People v. Mayo

Opinion

PERLUSS, P. J.

The jury in this first degree murder case was instructed the People have the burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of murder; defendant Quentin Mayo must be found not guilty of murder in the first degree unless the jury concludes beyond a reasonable doubt the murder was deliberate and premeditated; and resolution of Mayo’s guilt must be based on the evidence presented and not on facts outside the evidence or inferences derived from the fact of Mayo’s arrest or resulting trial. Apparently through an oversight, however, the trial court failed to…