Summary of Offense:
Philian Eugene Lee was convicted of first-degree murder with personal use of a firearm in the February 22, 1996 death of 17-year-old Mele Calani Kekaula. The jury found as a special circumstance that the murder was committed during the commission of an attempted rape. After a penalty trial, the jury returned a verdict of death.
On July 9, 1999, Lee was sentenced to death in Riverside County.
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