PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

Docket No. Crim. 22266.

38 Cal.3d 69 (1985)

695 P.2d 189

211 Cal. Rptr. 102

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RALPH TERRY COLEMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas W. Condit, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Bradley A. Bristow for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Christine Zilius, Deputy State Public Defender, Ralph Santiago Abascal, Albert H. Meyerhoff, Richard M. Pearl, Ronald T. Vera, Morris Baller, John Huerta, Vilma Martinez, Peter Schey and Gary Goodpaster as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Joel Carey, J. Robert Jibson and Raymond L. Brosterhous II, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered after defendant was found guilty by a jury of two counts of first degree murder, one count of second degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189),1 and assault with intent to commit murder (former § 217, repealed by Stats. 1980, ch. 300, § 2, p. 628). The jury additionally found that defendant used a firearm in the...

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