Legal Opinion
People v. Mendoza
California Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 2016No. S143743PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.
A jury found defendant Huber Joel Mendoza guilty of the first degree premeditated murders of Alicia Martinez, Carlos Lopez, and Carmillo (Camarino) Chavez (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 and found multiple-murder special-circumstance allegations to be true (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)), as well as allegations that in each offense defendant used a firearm, inflicting great bodily injury or death. (Former § 12022.53, subd. (d).) The jury also convicted defendant of shooting at an occupied building. (§ 246.) Finally, the jury convicted defendant of assault with a firearm on Guadalupe…
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