Legal Opinion
People v. Cummings
California Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1993No. S004699. Crim. 24863PublishedCited by 328 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
I
After a joint trial before separate juries in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, defendants Raynard Paul Cummings and Kenneth Earl Gay were convicted of the June 2, 1983, wilful, deliberate, and premeditated first degree murder of Paul Verna. (Pen. Code, § 189; count XIX.)1 The juries also found that the murder was committed under the special circumstances of an intentional killing of a peace officer engaged in the performance of his duties by one who knew or should have known he was such (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(7)), and was committed for the purpose of preventing a lawful…
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3Cited by328 opinions
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