PEOPLE v. ESPINOZA

Docket No. S004728. Crim. No. 25802.

3 Cal.4th 806 (1992)

838 P.2d 204

12 Cal. Rptr.2d 682

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANTONIO ESPINOZA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fern M. Laethem, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Jessica K. McGuire and Wilbur H. Haines III, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Anthony L. Dicce, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b); unless otherwise indicated all further statutory references are to the Penal Code.)

A jury convicted defendant Antonio Espinoza of these offenses: the first degree murders of Rayna R. and Nancy R. (§ 187); two counts (one as to each victim) of lewd and lascivious conduct by force with a child under the age of...

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