McLead

Defendants, Derron McLead, Derrick Shawn Smith, and David Lamont Lewis, were charged in an information with the murder of Anthony Frazier in count I (Pen. Code, § 187), and with the special circumstances of murder committed for financial gain (Pen. Code, § 190.2 subd. (a)(1)), murder committed during a robbery (Pen. Code, § 190.2 subd. (a)(17)(i)), and murder committed during a burglary (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(vii)). The information charged the attempted murder of William Rodgers and Phillip LeBlanc in counts II and IV (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 664). Counts III and V charged the kidnapping for the purposes of robbery of William Rodgers and Phillip LeBlanc. (Pen. Code, § 209, subd. (b).) Count VI charged the robbery of William Rodgers. (Pen. Code, § 211 and § 213.5.) Counts VII, VIII, and IX charged conspiracy to murder Anthony Frazier, William Rodgers, and Phillip LeBlanc. (Pen. Code, § 182.) Counts II through VI alleged that a principal was armed with a firearm in those counts. (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (a).) The information also charged the personal use of a firearm in counts I through VI for all three defendants. (Pen. Code, § 12022.5 and § 1192.7, subd.…