Second Conviction in Cee Vee's Shooting Trial

The Press-Enterprise is reporting the second defendant on trial in the 2005 shooting deaths of a Highland liquor store owner and his employee has been convicted of his crimes.

Despite the fact that he did not fire the gun, a jury found Darwin Lamont Richardson guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of robbery as well as other allegations in the March 2005 holdup of Cee Vee's Liquor Store.

Earlier this week a jury returned guilty verdicts against triggerman Christopher Turelle White.  Both owner Steven Hall and clerk Brian Gregorio cooperated with the robbers, handing over cash and lottery tickets, but were shot anyway.  Video shown at trial reportedly showed White shooting both Hall and Gregorio.  Richardson reportedly cased the store before the robbery and waited in a vehicle outside.

A third defendant, Tristan Darnell Allan, who accompanied White into the store during the robbery and subsequent shooting, is scheduled to appear in court December 13 for separate trial.  Both White and Richardson are scheduled to be sentenced on February 13.  MORE>>