Remington

Summary of Case

Defendant stole a shotgun and other weapons, then used the shotgun to take a van at gunpoint, to murder a deputy sheriff, and to shoot at other people. He contends on appeal that his murder conviction must be reversed because of errors in jury instructions and that four of his convictions for aggravated assault, plus his conviction for theft of firearms, must be reversed because those crimes did not occur in the county in which he was tried.

The judgment is affirmed.

Facts

There is no factual dispute about the events which led to defendant’s arrest and prosecution. Defendant, then 17 years old, and John Kirk spent the night of August 22-23, 1985, at the home of Kirk’s mother and stepfather at 361 San Marcos Drive in Vallejo, Solano County. The mother and stepfather left the home for a weekend camping trip at about 6 p.m. on Friday, August 23. Within a few minutes of their departure, defendant stole a small armory from the house: A 12-gauge shotgun, two rifles, a bandoleer, three swords, two machetes, a bow, a box of arrows, and a box containing ammunition for the firearms, including slug ammunition (as distinguished from shells loaded with pellets) for…