PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. A125490.

184 Cal.App.4th 305 (2010)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAVIDA MARIE DAVIS, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

April 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kochly, District Attorney, and Doug MacMaster, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robin Lipetzky, Acting Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Jonathan Laba, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHMAN, J.

Penal Code section 790, subdivision (b) (section 790(b)), allows for two or more counts of murder committed in different counties to be tried together so long as the charged murders are "`connected together in their commission.'" Here, a Contra Costa County grand jury returned an indictment charging defendant Lavida Marie Davis with two counts of murder in connection...

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