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PEOPLE v. WEIDERT

Docket No. Crim. 23649.

39 Cal.3d 836 (1985)

705 P.2d 380

218 Cal. Rptr. 57

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID D. WEIDERT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir and Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defenders, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Eric J. Coffill and Steven W. Parnes, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Robert D. Marshall and Linda A. Cabatic, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Christopher N. Heard as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

The principal issue presented by this case is whether an individual who intentionally kills a witness for the purpose of preventing his or her testimony in a juvenile proceeding is subject to the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under the 1978 Briggs Initiative.

I.

On June 18, 1980, the office of Dr. David Joseph Edwards was burglarized. Dr. Edwards undertook...

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