Thomas

Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of Carlos Adkins and the first degree murders of Compton Police Officer Kevin Burrell and Reserve Officer James MacDonald. The jury found true special circumstance allegations that the officers were killed while engaged in the performance of their duties and that defendant was convicted of more than one murder. (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(3), (7).) The jury found him guilty of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. (Former § 12021, subd. (a).) Allegations as to all three murder counts that defendant personally used a firearm within the meaning of section 12022.5 also were found true. Defendant also pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm (former § 12021, subd. (a)) and to one count of being in possession of a concealed firearm in a vehicle (former § 12025, subd. (a)(1)). The jury set the penalty for the murders of the police officers at death, and the trial court denied defendant’s motion for a new trial and the automatic motion to modify the death verdict. The trial court imposed a death sentence on all three murder counts and a total of six years four months for the…