Legal Opinion
People v. Payne
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 1, 1977No. Crim. 16544PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, Acting P. J.
As a result of a homicide committed January 27, 1975, the defendant was convicted of first degree murder with a finding of special circumstances which led to a sentence of death. On January 18, 1977, following the decision in Rockwell v. Superior Court (1976) 18 Cal.3d 420 [134 Cal.Rptr. 650, 556 P.2d 1101], the case was assigned to this court for disposition. On November 1, 1977, we filed our opinion (unpublished) modifying the judgment of conviction to impose a life sentence instead of the penalty of death on count one—murder, and to provide that the sentence on…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- People v. MorseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- John Henry Knapp, Arizona State Prison Inmate No. 33659, and All Inmates of the Arizona State Prison Similarly Situated v. Harold CardwellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- People v. MartinezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
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- People v. HendersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- State v. WatsonArizona Supreme Court · 1978
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