Note: This story has been updated to correct the outcome of the trial.
Joseph Jimenez, accused of fatally shooting Rylee Goodrich and Anthony Barajas in a Corona movie theater, was found guilty Dec. 12.
Jimenez was charged with two counts of murder July 26, 2021.
During the bench trial, he was found to have been sane.
“The fact that there is now a finding that the defendant is sane, means that he will be held criminally liable for his actions,” Riverside District Attorney Michael Hestrin said, according to a statement provided by his office.
“This will not bring back the lives of Anthony and Rylee, but it will bring a measure of justice to their families, who have suffered irreparably at the hands of a man who took their lives in such a frightening, unprovoked, and random act of violence.”
Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 26.
Brittany Bulthius and Kevin Beecham prosecuted.
Charles Kenyon of Greenberg Greenberg & Kenyon defended.
Case No. RIF2103205
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