Legal Opinion
People v. Memro
California Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1995No. S004770PublishedCited by 261 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In People v. Memro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 658 [214 Cal.Rptr. 832, 700 P.2d 446] (Memro I), we reversed a judgment imposing a death sentence *811under the 1977 death penalty statute. The district attorney filed a new information in Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 13, 1986, charging defendant with the murders of Scott Fowler and Ralph Chavez, Jr., in July 1976, and of Carl Carter, Jr., in October 1978. The information also contained a multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation.
A jury heard the evidence and found defendant guilty of the first degree murders of Carter and…
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