PEOPLE v. SOLOMON Part-II
<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>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b >PEOPLE v. SOLOMON</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/15/10<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<br /> PEOPLE, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiff and<br /> Respondent, )<br /> <br/> ) S029011<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> <br/> ) <br /> <br /> <br/>MORRIS<br /> SOLOMON, JR., )<br /> <br/> ) Sacramento<br /> County<br /> <br/> Defendant and Appellant. ) Super.<br /> Ct. No. 84641<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<br /> <br/><u> </u><br /> <br/><u> </u><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >Story continued from part I…..</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <h1>II. DISCUSSION</h1><br /> <h2>A. Guilt Phase Issues</h2><br /> <h3>1. Sufficiency of the<br /> evidence of premeditation and deliberation <br /> </h3><br /> <br/>The prosecution charged defendant with seven counts of<br /> murder. The jury found defendant guilty<br /> of six murders, four of them in the first degree. Defendant contends there is insufficient<br /> evidence of premeditation and deliberation supporting the first degree murder<br /> convictions.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> To the contrary, the record in this case<br /> contains substantial evidence from which a rational jury could find<br /> premeditation and deliberation beyond a reasonable doubt. <br /> <br/>Our task in deciding a challenge to the sufficiency of the<br /> evidence is a well-established one. <br /> â€