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PEOPLE v. BAKER

No. S170280.

10 Cal.5th 1044 (2021)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PAUL WESLEY BAKER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 1, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Schuck , under appointment by the Supreme Court, 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 , Scott A. Taryle and E. Carlos Dominguez , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

Judy Palmer told a friend that she was afraid of defendant Paul Wesley Baker and that "if anything happened to her," "he did it." Within a few weeks, Palmer disappeared. Her body was found in the desert several weeks later, severely decomposed. A jury convicted defendant of first degree murder, among...

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