Supreme Court of California
PEOPLE v. SMITH, S028339
On automatic appeal from imposition of death sentence, 1) allowing a late notice of aggravating evidence was not erroneous, 2) exclusion of defense expert's testimony on defendant's statements of remorse was not erroneous, and 3) death sentence was not disproportionate.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/08/2003
- Published 05/08/2003
Judges
- CHIN, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- William M. Goodman, San Francisco, under appointment by the Supreme Court; Topel & Goodman, Ligi Coleen Yee and Jeremy D. Blank, San Jose, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Lisa H. Ashley Ott, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.