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PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS

No. S058019.

58 Cal.4th 123 (2013)

165 Cal. Rptr. 3d 204

314 P.3d 450

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GEORGE LOPEZ CONTRERAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 12, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hersek , State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Denise Anton , 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, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Ward A. Campbell and Christina Hitomi Simpson , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J. —

A Tulare County jury convicted George Lopez Contreras (defendant) of robbing and murdering a store owner, Saleh Bin Hassan (Hassan). Defendant was found guilty, as charged, of first degree felony murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 and of robbery (§ 211). The jury also sustained a special circumstance allegation of murder in the commission of a robbery. (§ 190.2, subd...

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