Supreme Court of California

Conviction of defendant for first degree murder and a sentence of death are affirmed on automatic appeal over claims regarding: 1) trial court's denial of defendant's many motions to dismiss due to prearrest delay; 2) jury selection issues; 3) alleged improper exercise of peremptory challenges; 3) alleged judicial bias and related errors; 4) alleged improper admission of witness's hearsay statements; 5) alleged improper admission of expert ballistics testimony; 6) alleged error in excluding defendant's "consciousness of innocence" evidence; 7) alleged error in admitting photographs of the victims; 8) victim impact testimony; 9) failure to give a reasonable doubt instruction; 10) alleged error in including both burglary and robbery in instruction regarding other criminal activity; 11) denial of certain requested instructions; 12) alleged failure to adequately investigate potential juror misconduct; and 13) challenges to death penalty statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2010
• Published 08/05/2010

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark Goldrosen, Bill Lockyer