P. v. Cooper
A jury found Jason Duane Cooper guilty of two counts of murder in the first degree (Pen. Code,[1] §§ 187, subd. (a), 189), found true the allegation he personally used a deadly weapon during the commission of the offenses (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)), and found true the special circumstance allegations, namely, that the two murders were intentional and involved the infliction of torture (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(18)) and involved more than one offense of murder, one of which was in the first degree (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). The jury also subsequently found that Cooper was sane at the time he committed the two murders. The trial court sentenced Cooper to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, with an additional one year (concurrent) for the use of the deadly weapon.
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