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PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. S132449.

10 Cal.5th 409 (2020)

472 P.3d 382

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SCOTT LEE PETERSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cliff Gardner , under appointment by the Supreme Court; Catherine White and Lazuli Whitt for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler and Ronald S. Matthias , Assistant Attorneys General, Glenn R. Pruden and Donna M. Provenzano , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

A jury convicted defendant Scott Lee Peterson of one count of first degree murder for killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and one count of second degree murder for killing their unborn son. It found true the special circumstance that Peterson had committed multiple murders. At the penalty phase, the jury returned...

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