PEOPLE v. FRIERSON

Docket No. S004761. Crim. No. 26221.

53 Cal.3d 730 (1991)

808 P.2d 1197

280 Cal. Rptr. 440

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAVELL FRIERSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fern M. Laetham, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Adrian K. Panton and Sandra L. Goldsmith, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Mark Alan Hart, Susanne C. Wylie, Noreen F. Berra, Susan L. Frierson and Richard L. Walker, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

This case, arising out of the 1977 death penalty law, is before us for the third time. In People v. Frierson (1979) 25 Cal.3d 142 [158 Cal.Rptr. 281, 599 P.2d 587] (Frierson I), we reversed defendant's conviction of first degree murder with special circumstances and other offenses...

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