Legal Opinion
People v. Ochoa
California Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1999No. S009522PublishedCited by 348 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Defendant was convicted of murdering Lacy Corrin Chandler and awaits execution of a resulting death sentence.
Following the consolidation of two cases against him, an information filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney on April 25, 1988, charged defendant with murdering Chandler. And it alleged two felony-murder special circumstances in connection with her murder: that she was murdered during the commission of a forcible rape and a kidnapping. It also alleged that he personally used a knife to kill her. It alleged that these events took place on or about June 18, 1987.
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2Cases cited139 opinions
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