Supreme Court of California

Murder convictions and death sentence are affirmed on numerous pre-trial, guilt phase, and sentencing issues, including denial of change of venue motion, defendant's exclusion from proceedings, and prosecutorial misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/28/2003
• Published 04/28/2003

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Jeffrey L. Garland, Grinnell, IA, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General,  John R. Gorey and James William Bilderback II, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.