Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
California Supreme Court
Decided July 16, 2003No. S028339PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
A jury convicted defendant Gregory Calvin Smith of murdering (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 raping (§ 261), and kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)) Ai Toyoshima, an exchange student from Japan. It found the murder to be in the first degree and under the special circumstances of rape murder and kidnap murder, and that defendant kidnapped the victim for the purpose of rape. (§§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17), 667.8, subd. (a).) The jury also convicted defendant of other crimes committed the same day against other victims, specifically, attempted robbery (§§211, 664), first degree burglary (§§459, 460),…
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