People v. Cleveland

Opinion

CHIN, J.

A jury convicted defendants Dellano Leroy Cleveland and Chauncey Jamal Veasley, as well as codefendant Rajeesh Prasad Charan, of robbing and murdering Anthony Nelson and Charles Hunter and of conspiring to commit murder. (Pen. Code, §§ 182, 187, 211.)1 The jury found the murders to be in the first degree and under the special circumstances of multiple murder and robbery murder. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3), (17).) As to the murders and robberies, the jury also found that a principal was armed with a firearm. (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1).) The jury found that each defendant either was the…