PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. S029551.

8 Cal.5th 475 (2019)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOE EDWARD JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hersek and Mary K. McComb , State Public Defenders, under appointments by the Supreme Court, Kent Barkhurst and Andrew C. Shear , Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Brian Stull ; Linda Lye ; Lydia Gray ; and David Loy for ACLU, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Southern California and ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Ward A. Campbell , Stephanie A. Mitchell and Melissa Lipon , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

A jury convicted defendant Joe Edward Johnson of the first degree murder of Aldo Cavallo, and found true the special circumstance allegation that defendant committed the murder while engaged in a home invasion robbery. (Pen. Code,1 §§ 187, subd. (a) [murder],...

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