People v. Chavez CA3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 28, 2016C074316California17,874 words

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Filed 6/28/16 P. v. Chavez CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Shasta) ----

THE PEOPLE, C074316

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 12F1499)

v.

VINCENT GINO CHAVEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

A jury found defendant Vincent Gino Chavez guilty of the first degree murder of Sue Saeturn (Pen. Code,1 § 187, subd. (a)) and found true the special circumstance that defendant intentionally killed Sue2 while defendant was an active participant in a criminal street gang and that the murder was carried out to further the activities of the

Further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. We shall refer to the victim and many of the witnesses by their first names to avoid confusion.…

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