PEOPLE v. FIELDS

Docket No. Crim. 21126.

35 Cal.3d 329 (1983)

673 P.2d 680

197 Cal. Rptr. 803

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STEVIE LAMAR FIELDS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Allen Ruby, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Morgan, Ruby, Teter, Schofield, Franich, Bouchier & Fredkin for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Michael G. Millman and Joseph Levine, Deputy State Public Defenders, Samuel R. Gross and Robert C. Vanderet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

This case arises on an automatic appeal from a death sentence imposed under the 1977 death penalty statute. (Former Pen. Code, § 190 et seq.; Stats. 1977, ch. 316.) As is typical in automatic appeals, the case raises a variety of contentions, some presenting issues of general import while others involve matters relevant only to this particular appeal. Among the...

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