CASE OF INTEREST

Date: June 25, 2004

Case: People v. Jeffery Gray

Contact: Anthony Ortiz, Deputy District Attorney
Gang Unit
Telephone: 874-8686

District Attorney Jan Scully announced today the return of a jury verdict in the case of the People of the State of California v. Jeffery Gray. Defendant Jeffery Gray shot his girlfriend, Agnes Elias, in Lemon Hill Cemetery, off of Stockton Boulevard. After deliberating for several days the jury found defendant Gray guilty of Murder in the Second Degree, and also found that the defendant used a firearm in the commission of the murder.

Jeffery Gray will be sentenced on July 23, 2004, at 9:00 a.m. in Department 30 of the Superior Court. He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years to life. Deputy District Attorney Anthony Ortiz, who prosecuted the case, told jurors that this was a classic case of domestic violence. Mr. Ortiz was quoted as saying, "This is why we take all domestic violence cases seriously. The domestic violence cycle, unless broken, can result in fatal consequences."

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