Legal Opinion
People v. Melton
California Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1988No. Crim. 23029PublishedCited by 363 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EAGLESON, J.
Defendant James Andrew Melton was convicted of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 1891), one count of burglary (§ 459), and one count of robbery (§ 211). Under the 1978 death penalty initiative law, special circumstances were found true that the murder was committed in the course of a robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i)) and of a burglary (id., subd. (a)(17)(vii)). The jury imposed the death penalty for the murder. This appeal is automatic.
We find no prejudicial error at either the guilt or penalty phases of defendant’s trial. We therefore affirm the…
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