Supreme Court of California

Conviction of defendant for first degree murders of three victims, residential burglary, robbery and other crimes, and sentence of death are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) asserted absence of counsel at lineup; 2) denial of Faretta motions; 3) excusing prospective jurors for cause due to their views concerning the death penalty; 4) failure to sever counts; 5) removal of a juror; 6) defendant's absence from certain proceedings; 7) asserted evidentiary errors; 8) denial of motion for judgment of acquittal; 9) asserted prosecutorial conduct; 10) asserted instructional error; 11) refusal to strike robbery-murder special-circumstance allegation; 12) instructional error; 13) constitutionality of California's death penalty statute; 14) violation of international law; and 15) cumulative error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/12/2010
• Published 08/12/2010

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Hersek, Bill Lockyer