P. v. Jones CA5
In 2010, a jury convicted petitioner Anthony Jones of the first degree murder of Deondre M. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) with the special circumstance petitioner intentionally killed the victim while petitioner was an active participant in a criminal street gang, and the murder was carried out to further the activities of the gang (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(22)). (People v. Perkins, et al. (May 18, 2012, F060071 [nonpub. opn.] (Perkins).) For this offense, petitioner ultimately was sentenced to a term of 25 years to life pursuant to section 190.5. (People v. Jones (May 28, 2014, F066161 [nonpub. opn.] (Jones).)
Comments on P. v. Jones CA5