Legal Opinion
People v. Cooper
California Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1991No. S004687. Crim. No. 24552PublishedCited by 393 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN,J.
—This case, arising out of the 1978 death penalty law, chronicles the nocturnal massacre of a mother, father, daughter, and houseguest in the sanctity of their home, and the attempted murder of the young son, the only person to survive. A jury convicted defendant Kevin Cooper of four counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187),1 and one count of attempted murder with the intentional infliction of great bodily injury (§§ 664/187, 12022.7). It found true the special circumstance of multiple murder. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3).) Defendant had previously pleaded guilty to one…
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