This is an automatic appeal from a judgment imposing a sentence of death under the 1977 death penalty legislation. (See Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b), former Pen. Code, § 190 et seq., repealed by initiative measure approved Nov. 7, 1978.)
Of the numerous claims made on appeal, this court need consider only one — that the trial court erred in summarily denying...
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