PEOPLE v. HENDRICKS

Docket No. Crim. 22388.

44 Cal.3d 635 (1988)

749 P.2d 836

244 Cal. Rptr. 181

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDGAR M. HENDRICKS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Marcus S. Topel, under appointment by the Supreme Court, William M. Goodman, Ray H. Plumhoff, Lynne S. Coffin and Marianne D. Bachers for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mark Howell, Thomas A. Brady, Gloria F. DeHart and

Charles R.B. Kirk, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b); further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated) from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty law (§ 190.1 et seq.). As we shall explain, we conclude that the judgment should be affirmed in its entirety.

Defendant was charged with murdering James Parmer and Charleston Haynes. (§ 187.) He was also...

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