Legal Opinion

People v. Farley

California Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 2009No. S024833PublishedCited by 130 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

A jury convicted defendant Richard Wade Farley of the first degree murders of Joseph Silva, Wayne Williams, Glenda Moritz, Ronald Reed, Helen Lamparter, Ronald Doney, and Lawrence Kane (Pen. Code, 1 §§ 187, 189), the attempted murders of Greg Scott, Richard Townsley, Randell Hemingway, William Drake, and Karen Mackey (§§ 187, 664), assault with a firearm upon Laura Black (§ 245, subd. (a)(2)), second degree burglary (§ 459; former § 460, subd. (2), now § 460, subd. (b)), and felony vandalism (former § 594, subd. (b)(1)). The jury found true the special circumstance…

2Cases cited130 opinions

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  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by130 opinions

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