P. v. Epps
Defendant Franchune Dyuel Epps and her codefendants, Brooke Rottiers and Omar Hutchinson,[1] were all charged in an information with two counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a) (undesignated statutory references will be to the Penal Code)) for the murders of Milton Chavez and Marvin Gabriel, who were asphyxiated by Rottiers. The information also alleged the special circumstances that Epps, Rottiers, and Hutchinson (1) committed multiple murders within the meaning of section 190.2, subdivision (a)(3); and (2) committed the murders during the commission of a robbery in violation of section 190.2, subdivision (a)(17).



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