People v. Johnson

Opinion

CHIN, J.

A jury convicted defendant Jerrold Elwin Johnson of the first degree murder of Ellen Sailing with the special circumstances of robbery murder, burglary murder, and carjacking murder, as well as first degree burglary, first degree robbery, and carjacking. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A), (G), (L), 211, 215, subd. (a), 459.)1 The jury also found that defendant personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, and the victim was 65 years old or older. (§ 667.9, subd. (a), former § 12022, subd. (b)(1).) Defendant admitted that he had suffered one prior serious or violent…