PEOPLE v. HOOVER

Docket No. A030282.

187 Cal.App.3d 1074 (1986)

231 Cal. Rptr. 203

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CROSSAN DAVID HOOVER, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

October 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Phillip H. Cherney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Landra E. Rosenthal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this multi-issue criminal appeal we hold that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the elements of legal insanity, but the error was harmless.

Crossan David Hoover appeals from a judgment of conviction for murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and use of a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)). We affirm.

The killing occurred within the context of a bizarre conspiracy, led by Mark...

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