People v. Dalton

*176 Defendant Kerry Lyn Dalton was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and the first degree murder of Irene Melanie May. (Pen. Code former § 182, subd. (a)(1), § 187, subd. (a), former § 189 (all further undesignated statutory references are to this code).) The jury also found true lying in wait and torture-murder special-circumstance allegations and an allegation that Dalton personally used a deadly weapon in committing the murder. (Former §§ 190.2, subd. (a)(15), (a)(18), 12022, subd. (b).) In a separate proceeding, Dalton admitted a prior serious felony conviction for burglary and a…