Legal Opinion
People v. Miracle
California Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 2018No. S140894PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOpinion of the Court by Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.
*321 Defendant Joshua Martin Miracle pleaded guilty to the first degree murder of Elias Raymond Silva ( Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189 ; further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code), and to assault with a deadly weapon, a knife, on Jaime Alfaro Lopez (§ 245, subd. (a)(1) ). He admitted two special circumstances: that he intentionally killed Silva by means of lying in wait (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(15) ), and that he intentionally killed *388 Silva while defendant was an active participant in a criminal street gang and the murder was carried out to further the activities of the gang…
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