Supreme Court of California

Murder conviction with the special circumstance of felony murder (based on burglary and robbery), and imposition of the death penalty are affirmed on automatic appeal. Trial court's errors at the guilt phase were relatively insignificant, even when considered cumulatively.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/16/2003
• Published 06/16/2003

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  William Flenniken, Jr., and Kent A. Russell, San Francisco, 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, Garrett Beaumont, William M. Wood and Holley A. Hoffman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.