People v. Johnson

Opinion

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.

A jury convicted defendant Billy Joe Johnson of the first degree murder of Scott Miller (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 and found true the special circumstance allegations that the murder was committed by means of lying in wait (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(15)), and for the benefit of, or at the direction of, and in association with, a criminal street gang (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(22)). The jury also convicted defendant of conspiracy to commit murder (§§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 187, subd. (a)), and as an accessory after the fact (§ 32), and found true a criminal street gang…