P. v. Norwood CA3
Defendant and his codefendants, Jimmy Broadnax and Mark Johnson, were charged with committing the murder of Raymond Raya with malice aforethought. It was alleged that in the commission of the offense, a principal personally and intentionally discharged a firearm and proximately caused death to a person not an accomplice within the meaning of section 12022.53, subdivision (e)(1), and that defendants committed the murder for the benefit of, at the direction of, and in association with a criminal street gang with the specific intent to promote, further and assist in the criminal conduct by gang members within the meaning of section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1).
Johnson pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, admitted the firearm use and gang allegations, and agreed to testify truthfully at the trial, in exchange for a promised 25-year prison term. During the People’s case-in-chief, Broadnax entered a similar plea in exchange for a promised 20-year prison term.
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