PEOPLE v. BROWN

Docket No. Crim. 22646.

46 Cal.3d 432 (1988)

758 P.2d 1135

250 Cal. Rptr. 604

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN G. BROWN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

J. Courtney Shevelson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom, John W. Carney and Robert M. Foster, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty legislation. (Pen. Code, §§ 190-190.5.)1 We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In June 1980 defendant was a wanted man; he had failed to appear for a jury trial and another criminal hearing, and two bench warrants were issued for his arrest...

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