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People v. Gomez

California Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 2018No. S087773PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiu, J.

*250 Defendant Ruben Perez Gomez was sentenced to death in 2000 for the first degree murders of Rajendra Patel and Raul Luna, Jr. He was also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the double murder of Robert Acosta and Robert Dunton. This appeal is automatic. ( Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b) ; all undesignated statutory references are to this code.) We affirm the judgment in its entirety.

I. FACTS

In an amended information filed on July 7, 1998, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the district attorney charged Gomez with five counts of first degree murder (§ 187, subd.…

2Cases cited159 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by84 opinions

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