California Court of Appeal

Conviction and sentence for first degree murder with special circumstances are affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) the trial court erred in admitting a statement he made to police during an interview; and 2) the trial court erred prejudicially in not instructing the jury that he could not be found guilty of the arson of his own property.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2007
• Published 09/27/2007

Judges

• SIMS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Law Office of Charles M. Bonneau and Charles M. Bonneau, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorneys General, Carlos A. Martinez and Marcia A. Fay, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.