PEOPLE v. GALLEGO

Docket No. S004561.

52 Cal.3d 115 (1990)

802 P.2d 169

276 Cal. Rptr. 679

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GERALD ARMOND GALLEGO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Roderick R. Bushnell, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Thomas Marc Litton and Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White and Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Morris Beatus, Aileen Bunney, Ronald S. Matthias, Dane R. Gillette and Christopher J. Wei, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of guilt and sentence of death. A jury found him guilty of two counts each of first degree murder and kidnapping, and found he was armed with, and used, a firearm in the commission of those crimes. It also found true two special circumstances as to each killing: (i) multiple murder and (ii) murder in the commission of kidnapping.

I. Facts

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