In 1994, defendant Scott Alden Whitson was convicted of two counts of second degree murder, arising out of a collision in which the motor vehicle he was driving ran through a red light and crashed into another car at a speed estimated to be in excess of seventy-five miles per hour, killing the other driver as well as one of defendant's passengers. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a).)
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PEOPLE v. WHITSON
Docket No. S057262.
17 Cal.4th 229 (1998)
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SCOTT ALDEN WHITSON, Defendant and Appellant.
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January 15, 1998.
January 15, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard L. Schwartzberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Esteban Hernandez, Janelle Marie Boustany and Karl T. Terp, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Michael R. Capizzi, District Attorney (Orange), Devallis Rutledge, Deputy District Attorney, Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
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