PEOPLE v. LOMAX Part-I
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>_</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >PEOPLE v. LOMAX</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/1/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME<br /> COURT OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>THE PEOPLE, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiff<br /> and Respondent, )<br /> <br/> ) S057321<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/>DARREL LEE LOMAX, )<br /> <br /> <br/> )<br /> Los<br /> Angeles County<br /> <br/> Defendant<br /> and Appellant. ) Super. Ct.<br /> No. NA023819<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<u></u><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> A<br /> jury convicted defendant of two robberies,<br /> with a murder in the course of the second.[1] It found he had used a firearm in all the<br /> offenses and found true a robbery-murder special circumstance.[2] Because the jury set the penalty at death,<br /> this appeal is automatic. We affirm.<br /> <br/>BACKGROUND<br /> <h1>I. <i<br /> >Guilt Phase</i></h1><br /> <h2>A. <i>Robbery<br /> of James Edge</i></h2><br /> <br/> Around<br /> 1:30 a.m. on August 25, 1994, James Edge closed his<br /> laundromat in Long Beach and walked<br /> to his car. A couple drove into the<br /> parking lot, and the man asked if the laundromat was open. Edge said it would be at 6:00 a.m. As Edge<br /> got in his car, the man pushed a large black automatic handgun into Edge's<br /> ribs. The man said, â€