Supreme Court of California

In an automatic appeal from a death sentence based on multiple convictions, 1) the court's doubt about appellant's mental capacity to represent himself did not amount to doubt about his competency to stand trial, 2) court procedure on self-representation was valid, 3) consolidation of petty theft with homicide and related charges was proper, and 4) evidentiary, prosecutor misconduct, and instruction arguments denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2002
• Published 05/09/2002

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Richard Power, Shingle Springs, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, John G. McLean and Harry Joseph Colombo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.