P. v. Morales CA2/5
Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Mary Sanchez, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
In a joint trial before two separate juries, defendants and appellants Rudolfo Alcantar (Alcantar) and Rosie Lisa Morales (Morales) were convicted of murdering Christian Bojorquez (Bojorquez). The People’s theory was that a representative of the Mexican Mafia directed defendants to kill Bojorquez because he was a snitch. Defendant Morales’s defense was that even though she admittedly lured Bojorquez to a remote location, she did not harm him herself and she believed defendant Alcantar would do no more than beat him up. Defendant Alcantar’s defense was that he did not participate in Bojorquez’s killing at all.
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