Supreme Court of California

In an automatic appeal from a death sentence after penalty retrial, no error on numerous guilt, evidentiary, and penalty grounds is found, except that the judge must reconsider an automatic application to modify the verdict under the correct standard of review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/27/2003
• Published 01/27/2003

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Michael R. Totaro, Pacific Palisades, and Stephen S. Buckley, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Raquel M. Gonzalezand Lilia E. Garcia, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.