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PEOPLE v. LOUIS

Docket No. Crim. 22203.

42 Cal.3d 969 (1986)

728 P.2d 180

232 Cal. Rptr. 110

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VINCENT LOUIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brad D. Brian, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Ruth E. Fisher for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William R. Weisman, Norman H. Sokolow, Robert F. Katz and John R. Gorey, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty law (id., § 190.1 et seq.).

Charged with, among other offenses, murder with a special circumstance, defendant and his codefendants were tried before two separate juries. Virtually the same evidence was presented to each. The sole exception...

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