PEOPLE v. RUIZ

Docket No. Crim. 21370.

44 Cal.3d 589 (1988)

749 P.2d 854

244 Cal. Rptr. 200

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALEJANDRO GILBERT RUIZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James Larson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson and Gary R. Hahn, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant Alejandro Gilbert Ruiz appeals from a judgment imposing the death penalty following his conviction of two counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated), and one count of second degree murder (ibid.), accompanied by multiple-murder special-circumstance (former § 190.2, subd. (c)(5)) and firearm...

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