Full verdict: Jury reaches verdict in Ali Abulaban double murder trial

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: please remain seated and come to order this court is now on session looks like juror number 12 is our foreman in the superior court of the state of [00:00:42] Speaker 2: california in and for the county of san diego the people of the state of california plaintiff versus ali nasser abulaban defendant case number scd 292181 verdict we the jury above entitled cause find the defendant ali nasser abulaban guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree of rayburn cardenas baron in violation of the penal code section 187 parent a as charged in count two of the information and we further find the allegation that in the commission and attempted commission of the above offense the defendant ali nasser abulaban intentionally and personally discharged the firearm to wit a handgun and approximately caused great bodily injury and death to a person within the meeting of penal code section 12022.53 parent d to be true that he has in this proceeding been convicted of more than one offense of murder in the first or second degree within the meeting of penal code section 190.2 parent a parent three to be true dated may 29 2024 jury court person same title same cause verdict may the jury in the above entitled cause find the defendant ali nasser abulaban guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree quiet anna abulaban in violation of penal code section 187 parent a as charged in count one of the information and we further find the allegation that in the commission and attempted commission of the above defense the defendant ali nasser abulaban potentially and personally discharged a firearm to wit a handgun and approximately caused great bodily injury and death to a person within the meeting of penal code section 12022.53 parent d to be true special circumstance as to count one and two and we further find the allegation against the defendant ali nasser abulaban that he has in this proceeding been convicted of more than one offense of murder in the first or second degree within the media penal code section 190.2 parent a parent 3 to be true dated may 28 2024 jury four person ladies and gentlemen of the jury was this and is this your verdict [00:03:26] Speaker 1: as i have just read to you yes [00:03:34] Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I will ask you individually, was this and is this your verdict as I have just read? Please answer yes or no to that question. Juror number one, was this and is this your verdict? Yes. Juror number two, same question? Yes. Juror number three, same question? Yes. Juror number four, same question? Yes. Juror number five, same question? Yes. Juror number six, same question? Yes. Juror number seven, same question? Yes. Juror number eight, same question? Yes. Juror number nine, same question? Yes. Juror number ten, same question? Yes. Juror number eleven, same question? Yes. And juror number twelve, same question? [00:04:09] Speaker 1: Yes. [00:04:10] Speaker 2: Your Honor, I'll answer in the affirmative. [00:04:12] Speaker 1: Charlie, I'll report the first. Ladies and gentlemen, you have now completed your jury service on this case. On behalf of the judges of this court, please accept my thanks for your time and effort. Now the case is over, you may choose whether or not to discuss the case in your deliberations with anyone. I will remind you that under California blogging this week, at least 90 days before negotiating or agreeing to accept any payment for information about the case, let me tell you about some rules of law that's in place for your convenience and protection. The lawyers in this case, the defendant or the representatives may now talk to you about the case, including your deliberations of order. Those discussions must occur at a reasonable time and place and with your consent. Please immediately report to the court any unreasonable contact made without your consent by the lawyers in this case, the representatives or the defendant. The lawyer or representative of the defendant violates these rules, violates the court order, and may be fine. Without order that the court's record of personal juror identifying information, including names, addresses, and telephone numbers, be sealed until a further order of this court. If in the future, the court is asked to decide whether the information will be released, you notice to be sent it to any jurors whose information is involved. If you oppose the release of this information, you ask that a hearing on the issue be closed to the public. The court will decide whether and on what conditions any information will be disclosed. Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a long trial. Thank you very much for your service on this case. I spend a lot of time watching you, and you were very focused, very diligent in assessing the credibility of people. And I appreciate your effort in this. Attorneys appreciate your effort. So thank you very much, and we will see you in three years. So you are now allowed to leave. Thank you very much. Thank you. [00:06:37] Speaker ?: All right, Troy, what's discussing these guys? Nope. [00:06:48] Speaker 1: All right, so the event will remain out on no bail. [00:06:52] Speaker 2: Kind of sentencing. What's the first? Counsel, the court's sentencing is June 27th. That is a Thursday. [00:07:00] Speaker ?: It would be at 9 o'clock. Would the court prefer to do it on a Friday, or does it have any preference to when we do it? Whenever, whenever, what date is it? It's a Thursday, your honor. What date is it? June 27th. At the end of the month. [00:07:19] Speaker 1: One, we could do Friday morning. The 28th? Yeah. That's fine. Sir, will you have a right to be sentenced in the statutory terms? Do you waive that right, and I will put it over one day? [00:07:38] Speaker 2: Yes, your honor. Yes, your honor. Thank you, sir. Probation hearing and sentencing will be on June 28th at 9 o'clock a.m. in Department 2002. Members of the audience, please wait in the hallway. [00:08:15] Speaker ?: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. [00:08:21] Speaker 2: That's kind of the way I operate, so in case anybody says anything, it's like, go detect what has it. I've always done it in 25 years, so that way you show. Charlie, this is yours. [00:08:50] Speaker ?: This is yours, right? No, none of that's mine. So all of this, okay. I think it might be, you got it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, just throw these away, I want to make sure they're there. Yeah, yeah, okay, just toss it all. You can just toss it a little bit. All right, I'll just throw it off the computers. Go.