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PEOPLE v. DENNIS

Docket No. S007210.

17 Cal.4th 468 (1998)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM MICHAEL DENNIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Andrew Parnes and E. Evans Young, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald S. Matthias and Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CHIN, J.

A jury found William Michael Dennis guilty of first degree murder for killing his former wife, Doreen Erbert. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189.)1 When defendant attacked Doreen with a machete-like weapon, she was eight months pregnant. The jury found defendant guilty of second degree murder for killing Doreen's fetus. (§§ 187, 189.) The jury also found as a special circumstance...

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