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SUPERlOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS At~GELES
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County Clelt.

CHARGEO Wln-l THE CRIMF.:ISl OF

ec W. i'AU.~ -~ 211 PC (ROBBERY), COUNTS 4 THROUGH 8, 10 . AND '187. PC (MURDER),. COUNTS 9 AND 12.

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CONV.ICTED CF THE CRIMEISI' OF

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211 PC (ROBBERY); COUNTS 7, 8, 13 'THROUGH 18 WITH USE AllEGATIO~~S .PER'i2022 .. 5 AND 1203 .. 06(A)(1) PC AND ARfv1ED . ALLEGt'\T IONS PER 12022(A) PC; COUNTS 19 THROUGH 23*·

BY (p\.£ .... CT" .. GA."rS I~ J.:.llJURY) TH~S CAS!!

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Pre-ccnvictlon invest. (131.3 C.C.P.)

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Drug Diversion invest. {1000.1 {a} P.C.)
ISPOSITIONS .

A351550 .. FOUND GUILTY 2 CTS ..

KENNETH JORDAN
PERS.Gr'.!AL Hi~TOHY'
BIRTHOATE RACE

187 PC &, 21 CTS.'211 PC W/ USE AND

ARMED

ALLEGATIONS.
AGE LEFT SCHOOL

FORMAL EDUCATION

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MARITAL. STATUS

10-20-55
HOME INC LUOES

BLP,CK

11TH GRADE
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NO. OF' DEPENDENTS

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DEFENDANT AND P;\RENTS
INCOME PER MONTH·

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PARKING LOT ATTENDP,NT
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WHERE EMPLOYED

L.A.. COUNTY l·1US I C 'lO(jENTEH 'FIRST AND GRAND. LoA.... GA
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BRANCH MILIT ....Ry SERVICE

GOOD
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(AS SUPPL1ED BY OEFEN Ol\NT AND INTERESTED PART IES .. )
DEFENDANT I S. THE TH I RO OF
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. LAUR'/\ I NE CATLEY' AND LEON
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. DEFENDANT, HE \'lAS REt.r.ED IN 'A UN 1TED Hm'iE. \1fTH T\\'O SISTERS'.

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FATHER (57)",.. CURHENTLY RET I RED, 'lIAS E~,jPLOYED. FOR MANY YC/\RS

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THE UNI~OYAL TIRE COMPANY.

HIS' MOTHER (50),

IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED

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BY

THE V£STERN LINEN SUPPLY COMPANY ASA PRESSER. AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST, DEFE~DANTWAS RESIDING ~
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\'ItTH HIS PARENTS I N A THREE-.BEDROOM HOUSE I N A RES I DENT I"AL
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'NEIGHBORHOODOFCOMPTON~

ACCORDING TO THE DEF£NDANT, -HE ATTENDED HE REPORTS

CENTENNIAL HIGH'SCHOOL, DROPPING OUT. OF THE 12TH GRADE.

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CREDITS'TO GRADUATE AFTER SPENDIN~ HE HAS NO SUBSEQUENT

ALMOST tHE ENTIRE YEAR IN THE 12TH'GRADE.. SCHOOLING AND, NO PLANS TO RESUME SAME.

DEFENDANT REPORTS THAT HE IN· HIS

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ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT HIS HEALTH IS GOOD.

,lE I SURE, HE ENJOYS SKETCH lNG, DANCI NG, SPORTS' AND ·r··10DEL. PLANES.
' ACCORD I NG TO THE: DEFENDANT, HE JO I NED THE NAT I ONAl

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GUARD IN OCTOBER OF 1975 AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING IN MARCH OF 1976. DEFENDANT VIAS UNAWARE OF HI SNAT I ONAl GUARD STATUS 8'ECAUSE HE RELATES THAT HE WENT TO TEXAS
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15 ,HE LEFT TO\'JN IN OCTOBER OF 1976.
16. h'lD-STAYED UNTil MARCH OF 1979.
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A SUBSEQUENT CHECK BY THE PROBATI ON NEVI JERSEY

. OFF I CER REVEALED THAT DEFENDANT \'JAS SENT TO F9RT= D I X,

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ON OCTOBER 31, 1975 AND RETURNED FROM BASIC TRAINING ON MARCH 12,

191976.. ,'HE 'vIAS CONS1STENTLY ABSENT vJlTHOUT lEAVE IN THAT HE FAILED
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TO ATTEND MEETINGS, ETC~ HOVIEVER, DEFENDANT 'v-JAS GIVEN AN HONORABLE,
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YVETTE GRANT, . I N POMONA.
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AT THE T1r·1E OF HIS ARREST, DEFENDANT ItJAS Er·1PLOYED
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AS A PARKING LOT ATTENDANT FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY AT THE MUSIC

CENTER LOCATED AT

FIRST AND GRAND.

HE HAD HELD THIS ....POSITION FROM .

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EARLY JANUARY OF 1980 UNTIL THE DATE OF HIS ARREST ON"'FEBRUARY ·29,. 1-980. PRIOR TO THAT, THE DEFENDANT \oJORKED FOR THE CENTURY SECURITY INCORPORATED,.. LOCATED AT 8816 SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD·, AS A HE STATES THAT HE WAS EMPLOYED THERE FROM AUGUST
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HO~EVER, IT WAS
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AN ARMED GUARD

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THE SALARY VIAS iNSUFFICIENT FOR THE RISKS

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FOR THE\1ACKENHUT ·SECURtTY GUARD SERV I CE LOCATED ON VJI LSH IRE BOULEVARD FROM MARCH 1979 THBOUGH AUGUST 1979. HE RELATES THAT HE
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HAD PREV I OUSL Y BEEN EtJiPLOYED·FOR THE \t1ACKENHUT SERV I CE I N SAN ANTON 10, TEXAS FOR ONE t'10NTH.
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HE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD OFF ICES
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ACROSS THE.COm~~RY HERE. THE

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RETURNED TO LOS ANGELES AND V£NT TO

WORK

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DEFENDAi~T RELATES THAT AFTER HE LEFT LOS ANGELES ! N

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OCTOBER OF 1976; HE WENT TO "JORK ·AT. THE LA PALOMA RESTAURANT IN SAN· ANTON10; TEXAS AS A "JAITER FROM. NOVEMBER OF 1976 THROUGH

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DECEr.13ER·OF 197 9_
OF TEXAS IN

HE THEN GOT A JOB AS

A· JAN ITOR

FOR THE UN I VERS I TY·

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HEALT~ SCIENCES BUILDING FROM THE LATTER PART OF

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DECEMBER .1976 THHOUGH AUGUST OF 1977vJHEN HE \'JAS LA I 0

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OF 1977 THROUGH DECEMBER OF 1.977 ':JHEN HE vJENT. Tns~JORK FOR THE
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'AND'WAS EARNING APPROXIMATELY $150 EVERY TWO ""EEKS AS A PARKING LOT ATTENDANT FOR THE LOS ANGELES COur~TY MUS ic
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HE OWNED

1974 CHtVROLETVEGAwHICH HE VALUED AT $1400.

HIS FURNITURE

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"vIAS VALUED AT $2,000 AND: HE HAS APPROXlt-1ATELY $250 ACCOUNT.

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DEFENDANT RELATES. THAT HE HAS NO OUTSTANDING DEBTS AND OTHER PERSONAL ASSETS. SUBSTANCE

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DEFENDANT RELATES THAT HE IS A SOClAL DRINKER AND HAS BEEN SINCE THE AGE.OF17. HE RELATES THAT h~ HAD A PROBLEM

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\-lITH PCP WHILE IN HIGHSCHOOL AND RECEIVED COUNSELING AT MARTIN LUTHER KING HOSPITAL FOR 'APPROXIMATELY bNE WEEK. . . IN ORDER TO

REMOVE HIM FROM THE AREA· IN V/H I CH HE WAS GETT 1NG IN TROUBLE \'J I TH DRUGS, HIS PARENTS CONVINCED HIM TO. GO TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO .
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RES I DE WITH RELAT I VES.·· _DEFENDANT RELATES TH[jT tlE...Jl.E.G.AN

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NARCo'TICS.

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RECORD: SOURCE S .'OF I NF om·1AT I ON: CI I (2-26-81)',. LAPO, LOS ANGELES SHER I FF I S,

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<.~_LYNWOOD PO ,... -245 PC (ASSAULT VJITH A DEADLY WEAPON) ': O..A./C.A. REJECT - LACK OFCQRPUS OELECT I ·

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(ACCORD I NG TO THE DEFENDANT, ' HIS SISTER WAS ATTACKED BY A FEMALE ASSA I LANT \'JHO THREW A BR I CK AND STRUCK HER I N THE
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DEFENDANT IN RETAL I AT I ON THREvJ THE BR I CK AT THE HOME A \'/1 ~mO\v.)

7-16-75
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LASO - 11357 H&S (POSSESS r ON OF MAR-I JUANA)·D.A./C.A. REJECT - LACK OF CORPUS OELECTf.

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. , (ACCORD I NG TO THE' DEFENDANT, .HE VIAS A PASSENGER IN HIS COUS I N! S VEHICLE WHEN THEY V£RE STOPPED BY LASO DEPUTiES .. THE DEPUTY , elA I fvlED TH.?\T HE OBSERVED SUSP I C I OUS f'.10VEfvlENT AND iv1AR IJUANA 'WAS FOUND UNDER THE PASSENGER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE.) ~.

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LASO - 23102 VC (DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE) . COf-.1PTON f-1UN IG I PAL COURT ,M274,288, '10-10-79,. ,DEFENDANT PLED GU I LTY.. I ~~1POS I T1 ON OF SENTENCE 'WAS SUSPENDED, HE VIAS PLACED ON SUP-:'Il'jlARY PROBAT I. ON F{}F~ ONE YEAR ON COND I T I ON HE ATTEND DR I VI NG SCHOOL AND PAY A FINE OF $300. AFTER RECE'IVING f:SlEXTENSION TO PAY THE FINE Oi~ 11-16~79, DEFE~'WANT FA I LED TO APPEAR I N COURT ON 3-'14-80 AND A BENCH .. WARRANT \'JAS I SSUED. ON 5-6-80, DEFEi\~DANT'PLED· GU I L TY, TO THE V I OlAT ION OF PROBATION AND 'vIAS GIVEN CREDI'T:FOR 10 DAYS COUNTY ,JAIL SERVED AND THE' BENCH 'I/P.RRANT WAS RECALLED.

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DEF£i'JDANT AND' CO-DEfENDANT, KENNETH· JORDAN,.· "JERE ARRESTED ON FEBRUARY

29, .1980 AT 11:00P..M. IN THE VICINITY OF
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H-1PER I AL HiGHVIAY PJ'4D STATE STREET IN L YNVIOOD. . BOOKED

DEFENDANT "'AS

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FOR

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PENAL

CODE (ROBBERY).
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IN THE INFORMATION, DEFENDANT

6 : It/AS CHAHGEO' 'IiI TH VI OlAT I ON OF SECT I ON 211 PENAL CODE (ROBBERY), .. . ..'1 .18 COUNTS AND 187 PENAL'· CODE' (MURDER), TvJO COUNTS. DEFENDANT vJAS
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.FOUND GUILTY BY .JURYOF 211 PENAL CODE .- -. (ROBBE:8Y), 14 COUNTS,' WITH I/ . . ..' ' .. -. ARMED ALLEGATIONS PER 12022(A) PENAL CODE AND USE ALLEGATIONS PER
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. CO-DEFENDANT JORDAN \'JAS FOUND GUILTY BY JURY

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COUNTS OF, 187 PENAL CODE (t·1URDE"R) FIRST DEGREE \'11 Ti-! ARMED AND USE /' ALLEGATIONS AND SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. HE WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY
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PER tHE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FILE, THE ELEMENTS OFI

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SUSPECTS ROSBED THEJACK-IN-THE-:BOX LOCATED AT 4069 CENTURY BOULEVARD" .

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,t i N I NGLEVIOOD AT 10: 40 P. fv1.

THE CASH REG I STER VIAS R I FLED AND

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A CLERK'S WALLET WAS TAKEN., TOTAL VALUE OF LOSS WAS $170.
COUNTS 12 THROUGH 18:: ON FEBRUPRY 29, 1980 AT
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9:00 P.M., TWO ARMED SUSPECTS ROBBED THE BOYS fJiARKET LOCATED AT

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THE STORE ,ONE OF THE SUSPECTS ACCOSTED THE SEc7JRI TY GUARD', WHO '
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ENTERED THROUGH A REAR DOOR ~ ,ROBBED SEVERAL CHECKERS, THE LIQUOR
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VEH I CLE APPEARED TO BE MAK I NG It/HAT THE DEPUTY CONS I DERED AN
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OF·THE'OFFENSE.

THEY BROADCAST THIS INFORMATION AND WAS CONTACTED'

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THE CO-DEFENDANT I S RESIDENCE.

THE CO-DEFENDANT I S ROO~1I"'1ATE HAD

A LARGE ANOUNT OF J"10NEY' \",'HEN I NVEST I GATED· BY' THE . OFF I CERS AND . RELATED THAT THE CO-DEFENDANT HAD CALLED AND TOLD. HIM \:/HERE TO

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HE 'RELATES THAT HE WAS NOT PRESENT ';iHEN THE CO-DEFENDANT DEFENDANT RELAIE:S THAT HE "'JAS

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DANGERS 1NVOLVED AND THE POSS I Bl.E CONSEQUENCES OF TI15-·1 R ACT IONS. DEFENDANT INDICATES THAT HE VJAS t'illSLED BY THE CO'-DEFENDANT AND
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THE JACK- JN- THE-BOX LOCATED AT 4069 CENTURY ·BOULEVARD I N I NGLE't/OOD

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PROBAIION OFF I CER SPOKE 'tJI TH DEFENDANT I SMOTHER,
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THE DEFENDANT \'JAS EMPLOYED AND L I V I NG CO~1FORTABL Y'\vH I LE COM~vJ I TT I NG, 'THE CRIMES FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED~

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§ENTENCING CONSIDERATIONS: fACTORS IN AGGRAVATION: '. (1)' THE CRIME INVOLVED GREAT VIOLENCE, GREAT BOQILY HARM, THREAT OF,GREATBODILY HARM AND OTHER ACTS DISCLOSING

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