People v. Fields CA3

Filed 11/5/14 P. v. Fields CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C068047

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 09F04709)

v.

ELIJAH RASEAN FIELDS et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

A Halloween costume party went horribly wrong, leaving one partygoer dead and several others wounded. An information charged defendants Elijah Rasean Fields and Corey Andre Carmicle each with one count of murder and four counts of attempted murder. The information also alleged defendants committed the crimes for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 664/187, 186.22, subd. (b)(1).)1 A jury found

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