Supreme Court of California

In an automatic appeal from a judgment of the trial court convicting defendant of the first-degree murder of a police officer with various special circumstance enhancements, conviction and sentencing are upheld as modified where the trial court had no authority to strike a "lying-in-wait" special circumstance finding by the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2011
• Published 11/10/2011

Judges

• BAXTER

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel