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PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

Docket No. S004410. Crim. No. 22376.

46 Cal.3d 749 (1988)

759 P.2d 1260

251 Cal. Rptr. 83

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RUSSELL COLEMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Alvin J. Knudson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Ann K. Jensen, Gloria F. DeHart and Mary A. Roth, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

This case arises under the 1978 death penalty initiative, codified as Penal Code sections 190 through 190.5 (further statutory references, unless otherwise indicated, are to this code). Defendant was convicted of first degree murder, rape, and sodomy, accompanied by two special circumstance findings, namely, murder committed while engaged in the commission of rape or the attempted commission of rape (§ 190...

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