P. v. Ghonim CA2/8
In July 1992, Vicky (Zepeda) Ghonim, the wife of defendant and appellant Morrad Modle Ghonim, was shot and killed at a public park in La Mirada. The murder remained unsolved for many years, until the investigation was re-opened as a cold case in 2006. Leon Martinez was convicted in 2015 of fatally shooting Vicky. In 2016, charges were filed against defendant for having solicited Martinez to perform the murder.
A jury convicted defendant of first degree murder, and found true the special circumstance allegations that the murder had been committed for financial gain and by means of lying in wait. The jury also found true the allegation that a principal had been armed with a firearm during the commission of the murder. Defendant was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, plus one year for the firearm enhancement.
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