Legal Opinion
People v. Ghobrial
California Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2018No. S105908PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKruger, J.
*679 *256 A jury found defendant John Samuel Ghobrial guilty of the first degree murder of Juan Delgado, a 12-year-old boy, and found true the special circumstance that the murder was committed while defendant was engaged in the commission of a lewd and lascivious act on the child. ( Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(E), 288.) Following the penalty phase, the jury returned a death verdict and the trial court entered a judgment of death. This appeal is automatic. ( Cal. Const., art. VI, § 11, subd. (a); Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment.
I. FACTS
A. Guilt Phase
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