P. v. Hoffman
Kyle Hoffman and Luis William Palafox (Hoffman and Palafox; collectively, defendants) stand convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code,[1] § 187, subd. (a)), with multiple-murder (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)), robbery-murder (id., subd. (a)(17)(A)), and burglary-murder (id., subd. (a)(17)(G)) special circumstances. Each defendant, 16 years of age or older when the offenses were committed (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 707, subd. (d)(1)), was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP) and ordered to pay various fees, fines, and restitution. Hoffman now raises claims of trial error and insufficiency of the evidence, while both contend a sentence of LWOP is unconstitutional when imposed on a juvenile offender. We strike the parole revocation restitution fines, but otherwise affirm.
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