Legal Opinion
People v. Pensinger
California Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1991No. Docket Nos. S004466, S009489. Crim. Nos. 22808, 24569PublishedCited by 234 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROUSSARD, J.
Defendant Brett Patrick Pensinger was convicted of the first degree murder of Michelle Melander, and the jury found true special circumstance allegations that the murder was committed in the course of a kidnapping and that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture. The jury found not true allegations that the murder was committed during the commission of a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 and that the murder was committed in the course of an oral copulation in violation of Penal Code section 288a. Defendant was also convicted of kidnapping…
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