People v. Garceau

Opinion

GEORGE, J.

Following the guilt phase of a jury trial, the jury found defendant Robert Frederick Garceau guilty of two counts of first degree *156murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189),1 and found true the allegation of personal use of a knife in the commission of each offense (§ 12022, subd. (b)) and a multiple-murder special circumstance (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). At the penalty phase, the jury fixed the penalty at death, and thereafter the court imposed a sentence of death.

This case reaches us on automatic appeal. (Cal. Const., art. VI, § 11; § 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment in its…