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PEOPLE v. EASLEY

Docket Nos. S004638, S004094. Crim. No. 23859.

46 Cal.3d 712 (1988)

759 P.2d 490

250 Cal. Rptr. 855

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ELBERT LEE EASLEY, Defendant and Appellant. In re ELBERT LEE EASLEY on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

September 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Alex Reisman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Charles F. Bourdon for Defendant and Appellant and Petitioner.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Martin S. Kaye and Gerald A. Engler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant appeals from a death judgment after a jury trial. This appeal under the 1977 death penalty law is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)1

At a prior trial, defendant was convicted and sentenced to death for the first degree murders of Reiner and Sigrid Junghans. The jury found as special circumstances (i) the murders were intentional and carried out pursuant...

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