Legal Opinion
People v. Bemore
California Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 2000No. S012762PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
A jury convicted defendant Terry Douglas Bemore (defendant or Bemore) of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 one count of robbery (§ 211), and one count of burglary (§ 459). Under the 1978 death penalty law, two special circumstance allegations were found true, namely, that the murder occurred during the commission of a robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A)), and that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(18)).
Following a penalty trial in front of the same jury that decided guilt, defendant was sentenced to…
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