People v. Caro
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by Cuéllar, J.
**328 *470 In April 2002, defendant Socorro Susan Caro was sentenced to death for killing three of her four children. This is her automatic appeal. We affirm the judgment below.
I. BACKGROUND
Caro and her husband, Dr. Xavier Caro (Xavier 1 ), had four children: Xavier (known as "Joey"), Michael, Christopher, and G.C. On November 22, 1999, Joey, Michael, and Christopher were shot to death in the family home in Camarillo, California. Joey was 11, Michael was 8, Christopher was 5, and G.C. was 1. The Ventura County District Attorney filed a felony complaint against…
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