People v. Sanders

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 March 18, 1981, the District Attorney of Los Angeles County filed an information against defendant Ricardo Rene Sanders and Carletha Stewart and Franklin Freeman, Jr., in the superior court of that county, in connection with the robbery murders that became known as the “Bob’s Big Boy murders.”

Defendant was charged with the murder of David Burrell, Dita Agtani, and Ahmad Mushuk. (Pen. Code, § 187.) It was alleged for death eligibility, as…