Mackey

People v. Mackey

Caution

182 Cal. Rptr. 3d 401·2015 Cal. App. LEXIS 30·233 Cal. App. 4th 32

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 14, 2015A133129California39,779 words

Opinion

Richman, J.

— This case involves the brazen daytime shotgun murder of prize-winning journalist Chauncey Bailey, as well as the murders of two other men, Michael Wills and Odel Roberson. Codefendants Antoine Mackey (Mackey) and Yusuf Bey IV (Bey) were charged with all three murders. (Pen. Code, § 187.) Mackey was also charged as a felon in possession of a firearm (former § 12021, subd. (a)(1)), and Bey was charged with shooting at an unoccupied vehicle in a separate incident that predated the murders. (§ 247, subd. (b).) In a joint single jury trial Mackey was convicted of two counts of first degree murder (those of Bailey and Wills), and Bey was convicted of all three first degree murders, with special circumstance findings of multiple murders on each of the murder convictions for both defendants. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3).) Mackey was sentenced to two life terms without possibility of parole, and Bey was given three life terms without possibility of parole.

Both defendants appeal, asserting error in both pretrial and trial proceedings. With respect to pretrial rulings, both defendants claim a change of venue motion was improperly denied and argue tracking evidence from a global…

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Parties

The PEOPLE
Plaintiff
ANTOINE MACKEY
Defendant

Judges

Richman

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