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PEOPLE v. SILVA

Docket No. Crim. 22546.

45 Cal.3d 604 (1988)

754 P.2d 1070

247 Cal. Rptr. 573

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BENJAMIN WAI SILVA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Emry J. Allen, 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 and Robert M. Foster, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J. —

I.

INTRODUCTION

On June 29, 1981, a first amended information was filed in Lassen County Superior Court charging defendant, Benjamin Wai Silva, with murdering Kevin Thorpe and Laura Craig. Both counts of the information alleged six special circumstances: murder for financial gain (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(1); all further statutory references are to this code); multiple murder...

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