P. v. Sisneros
Defendant shot to death his wife, Jacqueline, and his wifes grandson, Gilbert. The jury convicted defendant of two counts of first degree murder ( 187, subd. (a)) and found true the allegation that defendant personally and intentionally used and discharged a firearm, causing death. ( 12022.53, subd. (d).) The jury also found defendant was legally sane when he committed the offenses. The court sentenced defendant to an indeterminate prison term of 100 years to life with the possibility of parole, consisting of four consecutive terms of 25 years to life.
All of defendants arguments on appeal challenge the convictions for first degree murder, specifically: the sufficiency of the evidence; the instruction given on the issue of circumstantial evidence of specific intent; the prosecutors closing argument concerning the mens reas for premeditated first degree murder; and cumulative error. After due consideration of the record and the law, Court affirm the judgment.
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