PEOPLE v. GAY

No. S093765.

73 Cal.Rptr.3d 442 (2008)

42 Cal.4th 1195

178 P.3d 422

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Kenneth Earl GAY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Therene Powell, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Sunnyvale; Lynn S. Coffin and Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Sharlene A. Honnaka and Lance E. Winters, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BAXTER, J.

After a joint trial before separate juries in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Raynard Paul Cummings and defendant Kenneth Earl Gay were convicted of the June 2, 1983, murder of Paul Verna, a Los Angeles police officer. The juries found that Officer Verna was intentionally killed while engaged in the performance of his duties (Pen.Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(7)), that the murder was committed for the purpose of preventing a lawful arrest (id...

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