People v. Johnson

A jury found Lumord Johnson, defendant, guilty of the first degree murder of Martin Campos with personal use of a firearm (count 1). (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a), former §§ 12022, subd. (a)(1), 12022.5, subd. (a).) The jury also found defendant guilty of the second degree murder of Camerina Lopez with personal use of a firearm (count 2). (§§ 187, subd. (a), 189, 12022.5, subd. (a).) The jury further found true the special circumstance allegations of multiple murder (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)), and that defendant committed Campos’s murder while engaged in the commission of a robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A)), and a kidnapping and kidnapping for robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(B)). The jury additionally found true that defendant was previously convicted of a serious or violent felony, manslaughter. (§§ 667, subds. (c), (e), 1170.12, subd. (c)); see § 667, subd. (a).) After the penalty phase, the jury was unable to reach a verdict on penalty. The trial court impaneled a new jury, which fixed the penalty at death after a second penalty trial. The court sentenced defendant to death on both murder counts and stayed execution of the prior conviction and firearms enhancements by…