PEOPLE v. SHELDON

Docket No. S004704. Crim. No. 25109.

48 Cal.3d 935 (1989)

771 P.2d 1330

258 Cal. Rptr. 242

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JEFFREY THEODORE SHELDON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., and Harvey Zall, State Public Defenders, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Therene Powell and Nancy Gaynor, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Jay M. Bloom and Janelle B. Davis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant Jeffrey T. Sheldon appeals from a judgment imposing the death penalty following his conviction of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated), accompanied by three felony-murder special-circumstance findings (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i) (robbery-murder), (ii) (kidnap-murder), and (vii) (burglary-murder)). Additionally, with...

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