Christmas Killing: Gang Member’s First-Degree Murder Conviction Reversed
May 17, 2018
The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ordered the case against Derrick Williams to be sent back to the trial court so that he may either be re-sentenced for second-degree murder or for the prosecution to opt to retry him for first-degree murder for the Dec. 25, 2010, killing of 25-year-old Kashmier James.