People v. Perez CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
I. FACTS
Over a four-month period, Phillip Walz led a group of four other men, including
Perez, on a crime spree targeting 12 different homes and businesses for robbery and other
crimes. Walz and his group terrorized whomever they found at each place and, among
other things, perpetrated sex offenses upon two victims and shot three others, fatally
wounding one. The jury found Perez was with Walz when the last victim was murdered,
and he was present during two earlier incidents.
A. The April 22, 1983 Incident
On April 22, 1983, Perez and another man entered Christiaan I.’s home while he,
his wife, two sons, two of his brothers, and his sister-in-law were having dinner. Perez
The facts are taken from this court’s prior nonpublished opinion in defendant’s prior appeal, case No. E01582, which is part of the record on appeal in this case. (People v. Perez (Sept. 5, 1986, E001582) [nonpub. opn.].)
2 was armed with a shotgun. The other man was armed with a handgun, was more violent,
and did most of the talking. One of the witnesses later identified him as Walz.