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PEOPLE v. MELTON

Docket No. Crim. 23029.

44 Cal.3d 713 (1988)

750 P.2d 741

244 Cal. Rptr. 867

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES ANDREW MELTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert F. Kane, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John W. Carney and Rudolf Corona, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

Defendant James Andrew Melton was convicted of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 1891), one count of burglary (§ 459), and one count of robbery (§ 211). Under the 1978 death penalty initiative law, special circumstances were found true that the murder was committed in the course of a robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i)) and of a burglary ...

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