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People v. Garcia

California Supreme Court

Decided August 25, 2011No. S045696PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

A Los Angeles jury found defendant Randy Eugene Garcia guilty of crimes stemming from two home invasions committed the night before Mother’s Day, 1993, in the same neighborhood in Torrance. The most serious incident, in which the victims—a married couple with children—were home during the burglary, resulted in convictions for the first degree murder of Joseph Finzel (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 and the attempted premeditated murder of his wife, L. (§§ 187, subd. (a), 664.) Related convictions involved burglary (§ 459), robbery (§ 211), attempted forcible rape (§§ 261,…

2Cases cited74 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. People v. TullyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  2. People v. LintonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013
  3. People v. ManibusanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013
  4. People v. LivingstonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  5. People v. SimonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2016

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