People v. Armstrong

Opinion

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.

A jury convicted defendant Craigen Lewis Armstrong of numerous crimes stemming from three separate, but interrelated, incidents. Specifically, the jury found defendant guilty of the 2001 first degree murders of Christopher Florence and his two older brothers, Michael Florence and Torry Florence (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)), 1 and it found true the multiple-murder special-circumstance allegations associated with those counts (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). The jury also found true the special circumstance allegations (1) that Christopher’s murder was committed while…