PEOPLE v. ALLISON

Docket No. S004649. Crim. No. 24058.

48 Cal.3d 879 (1989)

771 P.2d 1294

258 Cal. Rptr. 208

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WATSON ALLISON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard B. Mazer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and David A. Nickerson for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William R. Weisman, Roy C. Preminger and Robert S. Henry, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

Defendant Watson Allison was convicted of the robbery (Pen. Code, § 211)1 and first degree murder (§ 187) of Leonard Wesley Polk. Defendant was found to have personally used a firearm in the commission of both offenses. (§ 12022.5.) One special circumstance allegation under the 1978 death penalty law was found true: that defendant...

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