People v. Crawford CA2/1

BACKGROUND

In two incidents on December 29, 1988, Crawford, who was 22 years old at the time, murdered Charles Tillman and attempted to murder James Delancy, Kevin Adams, Lazon Jones, Dwayne Wall, and Reginald Mathis, robbed and attempted to murder Jijane Williams, and stole a car. (People v. Crawford (Sept. 25, 1992, B056929) at pp. 2-5 [nonpub. opn.] (Crawford I).) A jury convicted Crawford of second degree murder, six counts of attempted murder, one count of second degree robbery, and one count of grand theft auto. (Crawford I, supra, B056929 at p. 6.) The jury found true allegations that Crawford had personally used a firearm in committing most of the various offenses (all except for Mathis’s attempted murder and the grand theft auto charge—the information did not make the allegation on those charges), that he inflicted great bodily injury on

Further statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 Tillman, Delancy, Jijane Williams, and Mathis, and that a principal was armed with a firearm when Crawford attempted to murder Wall, Adams, and Jones. The jury also found true allegations that Crawford had been convicted of a prior serious felony pursuant to section 667,…