IN RE HALL

Docket No. Crim. 21529.

30 Cal.3d 408 (1981)

637 P.2d 690

179 Cal. Rptr. 223

In re GORDON ROBERT HALL on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

December 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard V. Cruz, Richard V. Siggins and Gerald F. Uelmen for Petitioner.

Esther Valadez, Jaime M. Cervantes and David A. Luna as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Petitioner Gordon Robert Hall seeks a writ of habeas corpus following his conviction of first degree murder and related charges, and imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment.

The events leading to the judgment may be summarized as follows:

In the late evening of February 25, 1978, Victor Lara arrived at his mother's residence in Pomona and discovered there had been an argument during which his...

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