A 47-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting a man and woman in a mobile home that was torched to cover up the crime in Santa Ana.
Jason Blanchard pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter with sentencing enhancements for the discharge of a gun in a plea deal with prosecutors, who dismissed murder charges with special circumstance allegations of multiple murders. Prosecutors also resolved multiple other pending cases against Blanchard, which included drug-related cases in jail.
After six days of deliberations, jurors deadlocked 7 to 5 for guilt on one count of murder and 8 to 4 for guilt on a second count of murder March 23. But jurors convicted him of arson and possession of a gun by a felon…