{"id":72400,"date":"2016-07-01T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=72400"},"modified":"2016-07-01T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T20:32:11","slug":"lancaster-mans-conviction-upheld-for-murdering-computer-store-owner-during-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/07\/01\/lancaster-mans-conviction-upheld-for-murdering-computer-store-owner-during-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man’s conviction upheld for murdering computer store owner during robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Timothy
Timothy Johnson (left) was found guilty Aug. 1, 2014, of robbing and killing Lancaster business owner Reed Keith (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – A state appellate court panel on Thursday upheld a man’s conviction for murdering the owner of a computer store in Lancaster during a March 2012 robbery.<\/span><\/p>\n

The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense’s contention that a judge in Lancaster had erred by doubling T<\/strong><\/span>imothy Jerode Johnson<\/b>‘s sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole to two life prison terms without parole in October 2014 because of his prior strike for robbery in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

The justices also turned down the defense’s claim that the trial court had erred in giving jurors an instruction about the testimony of <\/span>Jinea Aarona Ingram<\/b>, who drove Johnson away from e-Chaps Computer store after the March 23, 2012, shooting death of <\/span>Reed Keith<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The
The crime occurred March 23, 2012, inside e-Chaps Computers and More store at 2007 W. Avenue K in Lancaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Johnson was convicted in August 2014 of first-degree murder for the killing. Jurors found true the special circumstance allegation that the 59-year- old victim was murdered during the commission of a robbery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Johnson was also convicted of two counts of second-degree robbery involving the store owner and another person who was eventually able to escape from the store.<\/span><\/p>\n

The victim argued with Johnson and did not cooperate with his demand to drop to the floor, the justices noted in a nine-page ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When the owner still did not comply, defendant shot him twice; said, ‘You didn’t think I’d shoot you, did you?; and shot him two more times,” according to the appellate court panel’s ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n

A subsequent search of Johnson’s house turned up a wallet containing items in the store owner’s name, nine laptop computers with e-Chaps work orders and a pair of shoes with bloodstains, the justices noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingram — who had been charged with murder, along with Johnson — pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 21 years in state prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Man found guilty of robbing, killing Lancaster store owner<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Robbery, murder trial opens<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Getaway driver in robbery, murder pleads no contest<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Pair ordered to trial in Reed Keith murder<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Family, friends, community remember Reed Keith<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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