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PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

Docket No. S004485. Crim. No. 22911.

48 Cal.3d 1142 (1989)

774 P.2d 730

259 Cal. Rptr. 701

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL ALLEN HAMILTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Betty L. Dawson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, George L. Schraer, Deputy State Public Defender, and Michael G. Millman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Eddie T. Keller, J. Robert Jibson and Raymond L. Brosterhous II, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

Defendant Michael Hamilton was convicted of the first degree murder of his wife, Gwendolyn Hamilton, and of their unborn child. The jury found that defendant personally used a firearm in both murders. With respect to the murder of Gwendolyn Hamilton, the jury found two special circumstances: intentional murder for financial gain (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(1))1 and multiple...

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