P. v. Robinson CA4/2
A jury convicted defendant Deontray Robinson of the first degree murder of Jerry Mitchell, Jr., with the special circumstances that defendant committed the murder to silence a witness and while actively participating in a criminal street gang. The jury also convicted defendant of robbery, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and actively participating in a criminal street gang, and found true various firearm and gang enhancement allegations. Defendant admitted to having suffered a prior serious and violent felony conviction. The trial court declared a mistrial during the penalty phase when the jury deadlocked on whether to impose a sentence of death or life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). Thereafter, the court sentenced defendant to LWOP, plus 55 years to life.
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