Legal Opinion
People v. Tuilaepa
California Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 1992No. S004786. Crim. 26420PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
—A jury convicted defendant Paul Palalaua Tuilaepa of the first degree murder and attempted robbery of Melvin Whiddon. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 211/664.)1 Defendant was also convicted of six counts of robbery (Lee Malstrom, Russell Knapp, Gary Grose, Larry Swanson, Debra Tomassini, and Bruce Monroe) and of two counts of assault with a firearm (Kelvin Whiddon and Kenneth Boone). (§§211, 245, subd. (a)(2).) An allegation that defendant personally used a rifle in the commission or attempted commission of each of the foregoing offenses was found true. (§§ 12022.5, 1203.06,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Boyde v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by168 opinions
- Tuilaepa v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- People v. BolinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. CunninghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
- People v. CrittendenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
- People v. CoffmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
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