Legal Opinion
People v. Wilson
California Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 2005No. S039632PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
In 1988, a jury convicted defendant Robert Paul Wilson of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, 1 §§ 187, 189) and robbery (§ 211) of Roy Swader, found that defendant used a firearm in the commission of each offense (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)), and found true a special circumstance allegation that he committed the murder during the course of a robbery. (§ 190.2, former subd. (a)(17)(i), now subd. (a)(17)(A).) The jury returned a verdict of death.
On petition for writ of habeas corpus, we concluded defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to certain testimony…
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