Legal Opinion

People v. Wilson

California Supreme Court

Decided July 28, 2008No. S089623PublishedCited by 220 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

A jury in Riverside County Superior Court convicted Lester Harland Wilson in 2000 of the first degree murder of Uwe Durbin (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated) and of having personally used a firearm in the commission of the murder (§ 12022.5). It also convicted him of two counts of forcible rape (§261, subd. (a)(2)) and sustained two allegations that he used a firearm while committing these latter crimes (§ 12022.5). The jury also sustained special circumstance allegations that Wilson committed the murder while…

2Cases cited98 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by220 opinions

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