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PEOPLE v. TURNER

No. S154459.

10 Cal.5th 786 (2020)

476 P.3d 676

272 Cal. Rptr. 3d 50

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHESTER DEWAYNE TURNER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 30, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hersek and Mary K. McComb , State Public Defenders, under appointments by the Supreme Court, and William C. Whaley , Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler and Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Joseph P. Lee and Blythe J. Leszkay , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

Over the course of nearly 12 years, a serial killer raped and murdered women in high crime areas of Los Angeles. Police identified defendant Chester Dewayne Turner as a suspect in 2003, when his DNA was found to match DNA left on the victims in several unsolved cases. Convicted of murdering 10 women and one...

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