USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.

Norwalk Superior Court Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death. Johnson, 33, was convicted March 12 of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder for the Aug. 9, 2006, shooting deaths of Duane Bailey and Sonia Chandiramani. A jury recommended on July 8 that Johnson be sentenced to death. Johnson, who testified in his own defense, told jurors that he shot Bailey and Enriquez -- friends with whom he was staying -- because he feared for his own safety after they pulled guns on him. Johnson told jurors that Enriquez pulled a gun on him after he asked again for his share of the money -- $30,000 -- from a drug rip-off in which they were involved.