PEOPLE v. WHITT

Docket No. Crim. 22049.

36 Cal.3d 724 (1984)

685 P.2d 1161

205 Cal. Rptr. 810

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES EDWARD WHITT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brian J. O'Neill, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Myrna K. Greenberg, Shinaan S. Krakowsky and Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom and Steven V. Adler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment imposing a penalty of death under the 1978 death penalty law. (Pen. Code, § 190.1 et seq.; see Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)1

Two guilt phase issues require review. The first is whether the trial court correctly denied appellant's motion to suppress the statements he made to a jailhouse informant. The second is whether the...

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