Legal Opinion
People v. Ashmus
California Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1991No. S004723. Crim. 25643PublishedCited by 268 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty law (id., § 190 et seq.).
On August 17, 1984, the District Attorney of Sacramento County filed an information against defendant Troy Adam Ashmus in the superior court of that county.
Count I charged that on May 19,1984, defendant murdered Marcella D. in violation of Penal Code section 187. It was alleged that he committed the offense under the following special circumstances: (1) felony murder in the course of rape under Penal Code section 261, within the meaning of…
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