Supreme Court of California

A conviction for first degree murder and death sentence are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) Wheeler/Batson motions; 2) judicial misconduct involving disparaging remarks about defense counsel; 3) evidence of defendant's lack of remorse during the guilt phase trial; 4) a restriction on expert testimony; 5) the trial court's treatment of a holdout juror; 6) the unconstitutionality of California's death penalty statute; and 7) cumulative prejudice from errors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2007
• Published 02/15/2007

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony J. Dain, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Gisela Caldwell, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, William M. Wood and Lynn G. McGinnis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.