PEOPLE v. BONIN

Docket No. S004440. Crim. No. 22530.

47 Cal.3d 808 (1989)

765 P.2d 460

254 Cal. Rptr. 298

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM GEORGE BONIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Monica Knox, Chief Assistant Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Wellington and Steven H. Ziegen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) imposed under the 1978 death penalty law (id., § 190.1 et seq.).

In an information filed on January 2, 1981, defendant was charged with the murder of Donald Hyden, David Murillo, Robert Wirostek, Darin Lee Kendrick, Sean King, "John Doe," Marcus Grabs, Thomas Lundgren, Charles Miranda, James Macabe, Ronald...

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