Legal Opinion

People v. Terry

California Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 1970No. Crim. 10115PublishedCited by 238 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

THE COURT.

A jury found Harold Terry and Juanelda Allen guilty on two counts of first degree murder. Terry admitted a prior felony conviction of armed robbery. The jury fixed Terry’s penalty at. death on each count. Juanelda received life sentences because she was only 17 years old *374at the time of the homicides (see Pen. Code, § 190.1). Terry’s appeal is automatic (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)), and Juanelda’s appeal has been consolidated therewith.

About 11 p.m. on February 2, 1965, Marshall Burnett was slain in the course of a robbery of his Oakland drugstore. He was shot four times and…

2Cases cited123 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by238 opinions

  1. People v. GreenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  2. People v. BeemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
  3. People v. AlvarezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  4. People v. CarpenterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  5. People v. AvilaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006

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