The People of the State of California vs. Carolyn Nicole Jackson
on May 15, 2025
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A jury trial will commence on May 19 to decide the fate of murder suspect Carolyn Nicole Jackson. The trial is the result of stabbings that occurred on December 5, when deputies from the Needles Sheriff’s Station responded to a residence in the 200 block of Walnut Street. When deputies arrived, they located two victims. A 16-year-old male juvenile, the victim's son, had been stabbed and was transported to the hospital and Bryan Jackson.
Bryan Jackson, 48, was located inside the home with multiple stab wounds. Lifesaving measures were attempted; however, Jackson was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency medical personnel.
The Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail also responded and assumed the investigation. Detectives identified Jackson’s wife, Carolyn Jackson, 44, as a suspect. Carolyn Jackson was located nearby and taken into custody. She was booked in at the High Desert Detention Center where she remains without bail for murder, attempted murder and an enhancement of used a deadly weapon. It is unclear if domestic violence was a factor in the incident.
Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904. Callers wishing to remain anonymous should contact We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to wetip.com.
Carolyn Jackson Charges
Case Number: FVI24003680
Murder, PC664-PC187(A)-F
Used a deadly weapon, PC12022(B)(1)-E
Attempted murder, PC664
Carolyn Jackson Prior Arrests
647(F) - Intoxicated in Public -- 12/4/2024
Bryan Christopher Jackson Prior Convictions
Case Number: FVI22002135
Felony - PC422(A)-F: Criminal Threats which will Result in Death or Great Bodily Injury
Plea Date: 1/18/2023 No Contest
California Penal Code
187. (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.
Murder may be committed without express malice, that is without a specific intent to take human life. To be so committed, however, unless the felony-murder rule is applicable, the defendant must intend to commit acts that are likely to cause death and that show a conscious disregard for human life. Implied malice, as required for implied-malice murder, contemplates a subjective awareness of the risks, which according to some authorities involves a wanton disregard of the high probability of death.
Cases of Note
People v. Mumin, 15 Cal. 5th 176, 312 Cal. Rptr. 3d 255, 534 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2023).
Murder does not require the intent to kill, and instead, implied malice, which is a conscious disregard for life, suffices. Cal. Penal Code §§ 187(a), 188(a)(2).
People v. Alvarez, 9 Cal. App. 4th 121, 11 Cal. Rptr. 2d 463 (1992)
Defendant was convicted of two counts of attempted murder with infliction of great bodily injury resulting from discharge of firearm from motor vehicle and one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling. He appealed. The Court of Appeal held that prohibitions against multiple punishment for single act or transaction charged as multiple offenses did not prohibit sentencing defendant to two enhancements for great bodily injury resulting from discharge of firearm from a vehicle on convictions of two counts of attempted murder resulting from drive-by shootings. CPC § 12022(B)(1)-E
People v. Williams, 14 Cal. App. 4th 601, 17 Cal. Rptr. 2d 583 (1993)
Defendant was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, with findings that he had inflicted great bodily injury on victim as result of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle, and he appealed. The Court of Appeal held that enhancement for intentional infliction of great bodily injury by shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle was not subject to rule precluding multiple enhancements for use of firearm in commission of multiple offenses as part of indivisible transaction. CPC §12022(B)(1)-E
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