Second jury reaches verdicts in Cee Vee homicide trial
By Mike Cruz on December 5, 2008 10:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) |
A jury has reached verdicts for a second defendant in a Highland liquor and video store robbery in 2005 that left a store owner and clerk dead, court officials announced.
The verdicts on charges against Darwin Lamont Richardson will be read at 1:30 p.m. today in San Bernardino Superior Court. The jury reached the verdicts late yesterday, but court officials scheduled them to be announced this afternoon, said Deputy District Attorney Dan Detienne.
A separate jury, in the same case, found co-defendant Christopher Turelle White guilty on similar charges earlier this week. White was found guilty of two counts of murder, two counts of second-degree robbery and multiple special allegations, including using a firearm during the acts and committing multiple murders.
Prosecutors said evidence shows Richardson, 22, cased the Cee Vee Liquor and Couch Potato Video store on Palm Avenue on March 16, 2005. White, 21, and another man later robbed the store at gunpoint and escaped with money and lottery tickets.
Despite complying with robbers' demands, owner Steven Hall, 54, and clerk Brian Gregorio, 25, were fatally shot, according to prosecutors.
White faces up to life in state prison when he is sentenced Feb. 13. If convicted, Richardson would also face up to life in prison.
A third defendant, Tristan Darnell Allan, 23, represents himself and is awaiting trial. He was scheduled to appear again in court Dec. 12 at an appearance today.
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