Legal Opinion
People v. Kelly
California Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1990No. S004718PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN, J.
This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death. Defendant Horace Edwards Kelly was found guilty of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187);1 the jury also found to be true two special circumstance allegations that the murder was committed during the commission or attempted commission of a kidnapping (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(ii)), as well as an allegation that defendant used a firearm in the commission of the murder (§ 12022.5).
Facts
I. Guilt Phase Evidence
On November 22, 1984, Thanksgiving Day, 11-year-old Danny O. was shot and killed in the County of…
2Cases cited93 opinions
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3Cited by103 opinions
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