Opinion ID: 3189192
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Durbin murder

Text: Substantial evidence supports the jury‟s finding that defendant premeditated Durbin‟s murder. The evidence demonstrated defendant and his son armed themselves and went in search of Uribe to kill him. They located Uribe at Durbin‟s house. Defendant could see from outside Durbin‟s house that several people were inside, yet defendant continued with his plan to kill Uribe. The jury could reasonably conclude from this evidence that defendant not only premeditated Uribe‟s death but also the death of anyone inside the house who interfered with that plan. (See People v. San Nicolas (2004) 34 Cal.4th 614, 657659 (San Nicolas) [substantial evidence of premeditation when the defendant saw the second victim‟s reflection in a mirror and turned around and stabbed her, perhaps to eliminate her as a witness to the first murder]; People v. Bolin (1998) 18 Cal.4th 297, 331-333 (Bolin) [although one of the murder victims was a 21 stranger to the defendant, the defendant may have been motivated to eliminate witnesses to the first victim‟s murder and to protect his marijuana crop from theft or exposure to law enforcement].) Moreover, Durbin‟s head and neck wounds were consistent with bullets fired from defendant‟s gun, and this manner of killing further supports a finding of deliberation.6 (San Nicolas, at pp. 658-659; Bolin, at p. 332.)