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PEOPLE v. PEREZ

Docket No. S021918.

2 Cal.4th 1117 (1992)

831 P.2d 1159

9 Cal. Rptr.2d 577

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARTHUR RICHARD PEREZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Howard C. Cohen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Fern M. Laethem, State Public Defender, and William T. Lowe, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Richard B. Iglehart and George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Harley D. Mayfield, Assistant Attorney General, Garrett Beaumont, Pat Zaharopoulos and Holly D. Wilkens, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

We granted review in this case after a divided Court of Appeal reduced defendant's first degree murder conviction to second degree murder for insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation. As explained hereafter, we conclude that the judgment of the Court of Appeal should be reversed.

FACTS

Defendant killed Victoria Mesa in her home in Garden Grove on the morning of September 30, 1988...

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