PEOPLE v. FARLEY Part IV
A jury convicted defendant Richard Wade Farley of the first degree murders of Joseph Silva, Wayne Williams, Glenda Moritz, Ronald Reed, Helen Lamparter, Ronald Doney, and Lawrence Kane (Pen. Code,[1] 187, 189), the attempted murders of Greg Scott, Richard Townsley, Randell Hemingway, William Drake, and Karen Mackey ( 187, 664), assault with a firearm upon Laura Black ( 245, subd. (a)(2),), second degree burglary ( 459, former 460, subd. (2), now 460, subd. (b)), and felony vandalism (former 594, subd. (b)(1)). The jury found true the special circumstance allegations that six of the murders were committed while defendant was engaged in the commission or attempted commission of a burglary ( 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(vii), now 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(G)), and that defendant was convicted of at least one crime of first degree murder and one or more crimes of first or second degree murder. ( 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). The jury also found true the allegations that all five counts of attempted murder were willful, deliberate, and premeditated ( 664, subd. (f)), the allegations pertaining to all counts of murder and attempted murder that defendant personally used a firearm ( 1203.06, 12022.5, subd. (a)), and the allegations regarding defendants personal infliction of great bodily injury on Scott, Townsley ( 12022.7, 1203.075), and Black ( 12022.7). Following the penalty phase of the trial, the jury returned a verdict of death. The trial court denied defendants motion for a new trial ( 1181), and the automatic application for modification of the verdict ( 190.4, subd. (e)). The court entered a judgment of death and also imposed sentence on the noncapital offenses. This appeal is automatic. (Cal. Const., art. VI, 11; 1239, subd. (b).) For the reasons that follow, Court affirm the judgment.
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