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PEOPLE v. PEARSON

No. S058157.

56 Cal.4th 393 (2013)

154 Cal. Rptr. 3d 541

297 P.3d 793

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL NEVAIL PEARSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne Keevan-Lynch, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler and Ronald S. Matthias, Assistant Attorneys General, Alice B. Lustre, Glenn R. Pruden and Gregg E. Zywicke, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CHIN, J. —

A jury convicted defendant Michael Nevail Pearson of the first degree murders of Ruth Lorraine Talley and Barbara Garcia with personal use of a firearm and found true the multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 190.2, subd. (a)(3), former § 12022.5, subd. (a).)1 After a penalty trial, the jury returned a verdict of death. The court denied the automatic...

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