People v. Ralls CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

A. Ralls’s 2006 Conviction In 2006, Ralls was convicted of 25 violent crimes. These included multiple murders, committed in and around Oakland, California during an extended crime spree he engaged in, including with others as a member of a gang called the “Nutcases,” in late 2002 and early 2003. Specifically, as discussed in this Division’s 2009 unpublished opinion, People v. Ralls (May 14, 2009, A115775) [nonpub. opn.],2 Ralls was convicted of “three counts of first degree murder, one count of second degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, five counts of first degree robbery, six counts of second degree robbery, six counts of attempted robbery, and single counts of kidnapping and shooting at an inhabited dwelling. (§§ 187, subd. (a), 211, 246; former §§ 209, subd. (b)(1), 664.) The jury found true six arming allegations and 15 firearm use allegations. (Former §§ 12022, subd. (a)(1), 12022.5, subd. (a)(1), 12022.53, subds. (b)–(d).) . . . Two special circumstances were found to be true. (§§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3), (17)(A).)” (Ibid.)

2 On our own motion, we take judicial notice of our 2009 opinion to

discuss the background of this case. (Evid. Code, § 452,…