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PEOPLE v. PIERCE

Docket No. Crim. 20003.

24 Cal.3d 199 (1979)

595 P.2d 91

155 Cal. Rptr. 657

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAWRENCE RAYMOND PIERCE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Appellate Defenders, Inc., under appointment by the Supreme Court, Handy Horiye and Stephen J. Perrello, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Karl J. Phaler, Harley D. Mayfield and John W. Carney, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant Pierce appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict convicting him of second degree murder. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189.) He contends that (1) prejudicial jury misconduct occurred during the course of the trial, (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, and (3) the court erred in refusing a certain jury instruction on reasonable doubt and in admitting a photograph of the fatal injury....

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