People v. Salazar

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

After a jury trial appellant was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to state prison.

Sixteen-year-old Richard Burton lived with his mother in an apartment on Lubec Street in Bell Gardens. They kept a .22 caliber revolver with a six-inch barrel and wooden handle in the house, underneath his mother’s bed. Richard was acquainted with appellant, who was 18. On the evening of April 26, 1976, Richard showed the gun to appellant.

About 5 p.m. the following day, April 27, Richard and his friend, Rocky Catón, the victim, were at Richard’s apartment. Appellant and John…