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PEOPLE v. SOUZA

No. S076999.

54 Cal.4th 90 (2012)

141 Cal. Rptr. 3d 419

277 P.3d 118

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MATTHEW A. SOUZA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hersek , State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and C. Delaine Renard , Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Bruce Ortega , William Kuimelis and Donna M. Provenzano , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.—

A jury convicted defendant Matthew A. Souza of the first degree murders of Regina Watchman, Dewayne Arnold, and Leslie K. Trudell (Pen. Code, § 187), and the attempted premeditated murders of Rodney James and Beulah John (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 664).1 An allegation of multiple-murder special circumstance (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)) was found true, and defendant was...

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