P. v. May
Defendants Brett Alan May (Defendant May) and Terrell Law (Defendant Law) were jointly tried before two separately empanelled juries. Defendants were charged with robbery, assault and murder. On August 3, 2006, Defendant Laws jury convicted him of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code[1] 187, subd. (a)), one count of first degree robbery ( 211), one count of attempted first degree robbery ( 211, 664), and two counts of assault with a firearm ( 245, subd. (a)(2)). As to the murder, the jury further found a robbery-felony-murder special-circumstance allegation ( 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A)) to be true. As to the robbery and attempted robbery, the jury also found that a principal was armed with a handgun ( 12022, subd. (a)(1)). Defendant Law was sentenced to a determinate term of six years in state prison followed by an indeterminate sentence of life without the possibility of parole. The judgment is affirmed.
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