PEOPLE v. ARIAS

Docket No. S014356.

13 Cal.4th 92 (1996)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PEDRO ARIAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fern M. Laethem, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, John Fresquez and Alison Pease, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret Garnand Venturi and Alison Elle Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BAXTER, J.

In charges arising out of an incident on May 23, 1987, a jury convicted defendant Pedro Arias of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189)1 and three counts of robbery (§ 211). As to each count, it was found true that defendant personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife. (§ 12022, subd. (b).) The jury also found, as a special circumstance...

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