PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

No. S211915.

63 Cal.4th 101 (2016)

201 Cal. Rptr. 3d 846

369 P.3d 521

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NORMA LILIAN CORTEZ et al. Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

May 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Boyce and Benjamin B. Kington , under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Norma Lilian Cortez.

Eric R. Larson , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Rodrigo Alonso Bernal.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Michael C. Keller , Steven D. Matthews and Zee Rodriguez , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

While riding in a car driven by defendant Norma Lilian Cortez, Rodrigo Bernal fired five or six shots at 19-year-old Emanuel Z. and 16-year-old Miguel Guzman, killing the latter. In a joint trial, a jury convicted defendant and Bernal of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder. The Court of Appeal...

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