PEOPLE v. SCOTT

Docket No. S010334.

15 Cal.4th 1188 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES ROBERT SCOTT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John W. Clark, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Mary E. Arand, Anne S. Parsons and Clark & Arand for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Robert S. Henry, Arthur H. Auerbach and Karen Bissonnette, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

Defendant assaulted and raped Wanda Jensen in her home, then set her on fire. While she yet lived, he pleaded guilty to her rape and attempted murder. Later, she died of complications from her burns. A new information, as amended, charged defendant with her murder under the special circumstances of rape and burglary murder. Defendant waived a jury trial. After a guilt trial, the court found defendant guilty of first...

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