LOS ANGELES — A state appeals court panel upheld a transient’s conviction Tuesday for a shooting during a bogus marijuana deal in Palmdale that left three men dead and another seriously wounded.
Misirli, now 40, was also found guilty of one count each of attempted murder — involving a man who survived but was seriously wounded — and robbery. Misirli set up a bogus drug deal and then shot the four victims while they were inside two vehicles, according to Deputy District Attorney Ryan Williams.
Misirli was arrested by homicide detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department about 3 1/2 months later as he walked along North Vermont Avenue in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, after investigators learned that he had been living in the park area surrounding the Griffith Park Observatory.