People v. Cooper

Filed 4/12/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A161632 v. AARON COOPER, (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. 125227A) Defendant and Appellant. In 2004, a jury convicted defendant Aaron Cooper of first degree murder and kidnapping based on his participation with two other men, Fredrick Cross and Miltonous Kingdom, in the 1995 killing of William Highsmith. The jury also found true that a principal was armed with a firearm during both offenses, but it acquitted Cooper of the charge of…