P. v. Deleon CA4/2
Defendant and appellant, Vincent Deleon, stabbed and robbed K.H. while she was standing with her child by her car in a grocery store parking lot. When a bystander pursued defendant, who fled with K.H.’s purse, defendant stabbed the good Samaritan to death.
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered following jury convictions for murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); count 1) and attempted murder (§§ 187, 664; count 2). As to count 1, the jury also found true a special-circumstance allegation. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17).) As to counts 1 and 2, the jury further found true the allegation defendant used a deadly and dangerous weapon. (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1).) Also as to count 2, the jury found true the allegation that defendant inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim. (§ 12022.7, subd. (a).) The court sentenced defendant to life in prison without parole, plus 12 consecutive years in prison.
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