Supreme Court of California

A murder conviction and death sentence involving allegations that defendant fatally abused his girlfriend's child is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of a continuance; 2) denial of challenges for cause; 3) jury instruction; 4) allegedly improper instructions regarding the Governor's commutation power in response to certain juror questions; 5) cumulative error; and 6) the constitutionality of California's death penalty statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/22/2007
• Published 03/22/2007

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barry L. Morris, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Hayward, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Patrick J. Whalen, Carlos A. Martinez and Robert Gezi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.