PEOPLE v. GONZALES

No. S067353.

54 Cal.4th 1234 (2012)

144 Cal. Rptr. 3d 757

281 P.3d 834

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. IVAN JOE GONZALES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hersek , State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Craig Buckser , Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, Holly D. Wilkens and Annie Featherman Fraser , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

Defendant Ivan Joe Gonzales was convicted of murdering Genny Rojas.1 The jury found as a special circumstance that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture.2 However, it was unable to reach a penalty verdict. Another jury was impaneled, and the second penalty phase trial resulted in a death verdict.3<...

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