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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. G034443.

38 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2005)

135 Cal.App.4th 914

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jeffrey Alan SMITH and Mark Perry Taffola, Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Alan Hart, Northridge, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Jeffrey Alan Smith.

Richard A. Levy, Torrance, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Mark Perry Taffolla.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Arlene Aquintey Sevidal and Janelle Boustany, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

IKOLA, J.

Defendants Jeffrey Alan Smith and Mark Perry Taffolla were convicted of first degree murder, first degree burglary, and attempted robbery. The jury found true two allegations of felony-murder special circumstances, and both defendants were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Smith contends the court committed Aranda/Bruton error (See Bruton v. United States...

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