People v. Williams

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

Following the guilt phase of defendant’s murder trial, a Fresno County jury found defendant Dexter Winfred Williams guilty of the first degree murder of Miguel Gonzalez (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189) 1 and determined that in the commission of the offense, he used a deadly weapon. (§ 12022, subd. (b).) The jury found true the special circumstance allegations that the murder was committed in the course of a robbery and in the course of a kidnapping. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A), (B).)

The jury also found defendant guilty of the robbery and kidnapping for the purpose of…