PEOPLE v. LOMAX
Filed 7/1/10
IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF CALIFORNIA
THE PEOPLE, )
)
Plaintiff
and Respondent, )
) S057321
v. )
)
DARREL LEE LOMAX, )
)
Los
Angeles County
Defendant
and Appellant. ) Super. Ct.
No. NA023819
__________________________________ )
A
jury convicted defendant of two robberies,
with a murder in the course of the second.[1] It found he had used a firearm in all the
offenses and found true a robbery-murder special circumstance.[2] Because the jury set the penalty at death,
this appeal is automatic. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
I.
A. Robbery
of James Edge
Around
1:30 a.m. on August 25, 1994, James Edge closed his
laundromat in Long Beach and walked
to his car. A couple drove into the
parking lot, and the man asked if the laundromat was open. Edge said it would be at 6:00 a.m. As Edge
got in his car, the man pushed a large black automatic handgun into Edge's
ribs. The man said, â€
| Description | A jury convicted defendant of two robberies, with a murder in the course of the second. It found he had used a firearm in all the offenses and found true a robbery-murder special circumstance. Because the jury set the penalty at death, this appeal is automatic. Court affirm. |
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