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In Re Avena

California Supreme Court

Decided February 5, 1996No. S046608. Crim. 25640PublishedCited by 111 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

Carlos Jaime Avena was convicted in 1980 in Los Angeles County Superior Court of the first degree murders of Manuel Solis and Miguel Vasquez. (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated.) Multiple-murder and robbery-murder special-circumstance allegations were also sustained. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3) & (17).) In addition, petitioner was convicted of robbery, attempted robbery, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of assault with *704intent to commit murder. (§§ 211, 664/211, 245, subd. (a), & former § 217.)…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by111 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  2. People v. ColeCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  3. People v. BradfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  4. People v. BoyetteCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. People v. WeaverCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001

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