PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket Nos. Crim. 21977, 23806.

44 Cal.3d 1127 (1988)

751 P.2d 901

245 Cal. Rptr. 635

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STANLEY WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant. In re STANLEY WILLIAMS on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

April 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bert H. Deixler, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Leslie A. Swain for Defendant and Appellant and Petitioner.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William R. Weisman, Herbert Wilkinson, Susanne C. Wylie, Christine C. Franklin, Michael Nash, Robert R. Anderson and Joan Comparet, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant was convicted of the murders of Alvin Owens, Thsai-Shai Yang, Yen-I Yang, and Yee Chen Lin, with special circumstances as to each count of felony murder (robbery) and multiple murder. The jury also convicted him of robbing each of these victims, and found he personally used a firearm during the commission of each crime. It then returned a verdict of death....

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