PEOPLE v. FUENTES

Docket No. Crim. 22379.

40 Cal.3d 629 (1985)

710 P.2d 240

221 Cal. Rptr. 440

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE LEON FUENTES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David W. Steuber, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Paul W. Cane, Jr., Grace A. Carter, John A. O'Malley, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Michael G. Millman and Donald L.A. Kerson, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Carol Slater Frederick and Howard J. Schwab, 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

A jury convicted appellant of first degree murder (§§ 187, 189), attempted robbery (§§ 664, 211), and automobile theft (Veh. Code, § 10851). It found true the special circumstance...

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