PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

Docket No. S004755. Crim. No. 26000.

54 Cal.3d 787 (1991)

819 P.2d 436

1 Cal. Rptr.2d 696

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS FRANCIS EDWARDS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lisa Short, Timothy J. Foley and Joseph Schlesinger, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield, Assistant Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom and Louis R. Hanoian, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

In this case, arising out of the 1978 death penalty law, defendant was convicted of the first degree murder of Vanessa Iberri (Vanessa) and the attempted first degree murder of Kelly Cartier (Kelly). (Pen. Code §§ 187, 664.)1 The jury found that defendant personally used a firearm during the commission of both offenses (§ 12022.5), and intentionally inflicted great bodily...

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