PEOPLE v. MORALES

Docket No. S004552. Crim. No. 23153.

48 Cal.3d 527 (1989)

770 P.2d 244

257 Cal. Rptr. 64

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MICHAEL ANGELO MORALES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mark Alan Hart, Carolyn Wendelin Pollack, Gary R. Hahn and Jennifer S. Cady, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John R. Duree, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

On May 29, 1981, an amended information was filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court charging defendant Morales with murder, and alleging as special circumstances that (1) the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(18); further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated), and (2) defendant intentionally killed the victim while lying...

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