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PEOPLE v. WADE

Docket No. Crim. 22654.

44 Cal.3d 975 (1988)

750 P.2d 794

244 Cal. Rptr. 905

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MELVIN MEFFERY WADE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, William Blum and Donald L.A. Kerson, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Keith I. Motley, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Jay M. Bloom and Robert B. Shaw, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant Melvin Meffery Wade appeals from a judgment imposing the death penalty following his conviction of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated), accompanied by two special circumstances findings (§ 190.2, subds. (a)(14) [murder especially heinous and cruel], (a)(18) [torture murder...

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