Supreme Court of California

Defendant's conviction and death sentence for first degree murder, attempted murders, second degree robbery, and other crimes, are affirmed on automatic appeal over claims of error regarding: 1) the detention and arrest of defendant, and a search of his vehicle; 2) the validity of the arrest and search; 3) denial of defendant's motion for a lineup; 4) defense counsel's reference to defendant during his opening statement; 5) the admission of the out-of-court identifications ; 6) victim-impact evidence at the guilt phase; 7) rejection of an instruction on lesser included offenses; 8) prosecutorial misconduct; 9) cumulative error; 10) admission of victim-impact evidence; 11) the rejection of various instructions requested by defendant; and 12) various challenges to California's death penalty scheme.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2010
• Published 04/29/2010

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Grace Lidia Suarez, under appointment by the Supreme court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Holly D. Wilkens and Jennifer A. Jadovitz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.