People v. Pennington

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of the Superior Court of Imperial County, after trial before a jury, on verdicts finding *511defendant guilty of murder in the first degree (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189), finding that he was sane at the time of the crime (Pen. Code, § 1026), and imposing the death penalty (Pen. Code, § 190). Defendant was also convicted of felony child stealing of his 10-year-old victim (Pen. Code, § 278), of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under age 14 (Pen. Code, § 288), and of unlawfully furnishing drugs to a minor (Bus. & Prof.…