Legal Opinion
People v. Jennings
California Supreme Court
Decided September 19, 1988No. S004612. Crim. 23625PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EAGLESON, J.
was convicted by a jury in the Contra Costa County Superior Court of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 189) (count I); forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (2)) (count II); first degree burglary (§§ 459-460) (count III); and robbery (§211) (count IV). He was found to have personally used a knife during the commission of each of these crimes (§ 12022, subd. (b)), all of which occurred on August 8, 1982, and involved the same victim, Violet Ann Newman. The jury found true special circumstance allegations that defendant intentionally committed the murder during the commission or…
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