Legal Opinion
People v. Adams
California Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 2014No. S118045PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.
A jury convicted defendant Marcus Dorwin Adams of the 1994 first degree murders of Dayland Hicks, Lamar Armstrong, and Trevon Boyd (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 the attempted murder of Luis Hernandez (§§ 187, subd. (a), 664), and carjacking (§ 215, subd. (a)). The jury found true the allegation that defendant discharged a firearm at an occupied motor vehicle causing great bodily injury and death within the meaning of section 12022, subdivision (b)(1), with respect to the three murder counts. The jury also found true the alleged multiple-murder special circumstance. (§…
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