P. v. Moya CA2/7
James Fayed (Fayed) arranged for the murder of his wife, Pamela Fayed, by paying one of the couple’s employees, Jose Luis “Joey” Moya, $25,000 to kill her. Moya enlisted the assistance of Gabriel Jay Marquez, the boyfriend of his niece, and Steven Vicente Simmons, Marquez’s nephew. On July 28, 2008 Pamela was stabbed to death in a Century City parking garage.
A jury convicted Moya, Marquez, and Simmons of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and conspiracy to commit murder (§§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 187). The jury found true allegations that the three men committed the murder by means of lying in wait (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(15)) and that Moya committed the murder for financial gain (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(1)), but found not true the allegations Marquez and Simmons committed the murder for financial gain.
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