A state appeals court panel Thursday upheld a man’s first-degree murder conviction for shooting his girlfriend in the back near the Long Beach courthouse.
In a 19-page ruling, the three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense’s contention that Superior Court Judge Judith L. Meyer abused her discretion in refusing to strike a gun enhancement that added 25 years to life to John Jay Osborne’s sentence.
The panel also rejected the defense’s claim that jurors should not have heard that police recovered firearms and firearm-related paraphernalia from his bedroom that were not used in the July 11, 2019, killing of Nancy Romero…