Legal Opinion

People v. Beck

California Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 2019No. S029843PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES DAVID BECK and GERALD DEAN CRUZ, Defendants and Appellants. S029843 Alameda County Superior Court 110467-A and 110467-B December 2, 2019 Justice Liu authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye and Justices Chin, Corrigan, Cuéllar, Kruger, and Groban concurred. PEOPLE v. BECK and CRUZ S029843 Opinion of the Court by Liu, J. Defendants James David Beck and Gerald Dean Cruz were convicted of the first degree murders of Dennis Ian Colwell, Emmie Darlene Paris, Franklin Delano Raper, and…

2Cases cited125 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by71 opinions

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