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PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. S064858.

61 Cal.4th 363 (2015)

188 Cal. Rptr. 3d 328

349 P.3d 1028

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROYCE LYN SCOTT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 8, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Susan Ten Kwan and Arnold Erickson, Deputy State Public Defenders, 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 Jennifer A. Jadovitz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

THE COURT.* — Following a jury trial on a 15-count indictment, defendant Royce Lyn Scott was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering 78-year-old Della Morris in her home. Specifically, Scott was convicted of the first degree murder of Morris (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); count 4), burglary (id., § 459; count 1), and the rape and sodomy...

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