People v. Jones
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of first degree murder of his elderly neighbor and the jury found true the three special circumstance allegations that the murder took place during the commission of rape, sodomy, and burglary. Defendant was additionally convicted of arson and the jury found true various sentencing enhancements. Defendant was sentenced to death and this appeal was automatic. The court affirmed the judgment in its entirety. With respect to the abstract of judgment, however, the court ordered that it be corrected to conform to the trial court's oral judgment pronounced as to count II (arson) of an indeterminate term of 25 years of life, with an additional determinate term of five years.
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