PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. S004522. Crim. No. 23059.

45 Cal.3d 1268 (1988)

756 P.2d 221

248 Cal. Rptr. 834

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL ALLEN WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jeffrey J. Stuetz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield, Assistant Attorney General, Jesus Rodriguez, Jay M. Bloom, Michael D. Wellington and Keith I. Motley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty law (id., § 190.1 et seq.). As we shall explain, we conclude that the judgment must be affirmed.

Together with Norman Lee Steeg and Kevin John Finckel, defendant was charged with the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and robbery (id., § 211) of Gregory Lock...

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