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PEOPLE v. CRUZ

No. S042224.

44 Cal.4th 636 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TOMAS VERANO CRUZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Snedeker and Lisa R. Short, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Bruce Ortega, Ross C. Moody and Alice B. Lustre, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.

Following a stipulated change of venue from Shasta County to Sonoma County, a jury convicted defendant Tomas Verano Cruz of the first degree murder of Shasta County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Perrigo (Pen. Code, § 187),1 and forcible escape (§ 4532, subd. (a)). Each offense was found to have been committed with personal firearm use (§ 12022.5). Three special circumstances were found...

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