P. v. Reeves CA4/1
After a court trial, the court found Donald Lee Reeves III guilty of murdering two homeless men, Bobby Johnson and David Hamilton (counts 1 & 3); robbing Johnson, Hamilton, and Roberic Brooks (counts 2, 4, & 5); assaulting Brooks and Hamilton by means likely to produce great bodily injury (counts 6 & 7); and possession of methamphetamine (count 9). As to each murder, the trial court found true special circumstance allegations of multiple murder and robbery-murder. The court also found true special circumstance allegations that during the commission of counts 2, 5, 6, and 7, Reeves personally inflicted great bodily injury on his victims. The trial court sentenced Reeves to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP) on counts 1 and 3, plus a concurrent six-year term on count 5 and 180 days on count 9. The trial court stayed the remaining prison terms and enhancements under Penal Code section 654.
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