People v. Avila

Opinion

CHIN, J.

Defendant Joseph Avila was convicted of the first degree murders of Raul Moneada and Robert Navarro, and the attempted murder, of David Montoya. (Pen. Code, 1 §§ 187, 189, 664.) The jury also found true the multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation, and allegations that the murders and attempted murder were willful, deliberate, and premeditated, defendant inflicted great bodily injury on Montoya, and defendant personally used a dangerous or deadly weapon, i.e., a knife, in each crime. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3); former § 664, subd. (1), now § 664, subd. (a); § 1192.7, subd.…