Lamb
People v. Lamb
Opinion
Opinion
Evans, J.
Opinion of the Court by Evans, J.
A jury convicted defendant Michael Allan Lamb of the first degree murder of Scott Miller (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a))1 and the willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder of Sergeant Michael Helmick, a peace officer (§§ 664, 187, subd. (a)). The jury also found Lamb guilty of conspiracy to commit murder (§§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 187, subd. (a)), unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm in public by an active participant in a criminal street gang (former § 12031, subd. (a)(1), (2)(C)), and two counts each of possession of a firearm by a felon (former § 12021, subd. (a)(1)) and street terrorism (§ 186.22, subd. (a)). The jury found true a gang-murder special-circumstance allegation. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(22).) As to all counts except the street terrorism charges, it also found true the allegation that the offenses were committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang with the intent to promote, further, or assist in the criminal conduct of the gang members. (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(A).) As to the murder and conspiracy to commit murder counts, the jury found true allegations that Lamb intentionally…