PEOPLE v. CATLIN

No. S016718.

109 Cal.Rptr.2d 31 (2001)

26 Cal.4th 81

26 P.3d 357

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Steven David CATLIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace N. Freedman, Culver City, and Jeffrey Schwartz, Indio, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Ward A. Campbell, Shirley A. Nelson and Stephen G. Herndon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GEORGE, C.J.

On December 23, 1985, in an information filed in Kern County, defendant was charged with the 1976 murder of Joyce Catlin, his fourth wife (Pen.Code, § 187)1 and the 1984 murder of Martha Catlin, his mother. (§ 187.) It was alleged that the murder of Martha Catlin was committed for financial gain (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(1)), that the murder was intentionally committed by the administration of poison (§ 190.2...

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