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People v. Samuels

California Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 2005No. S042278PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BROWN, J.

A jury convicted defendant Mary Ellen Samuels of the first degree murders of Robert Samuels and James Bernstein, soliciting the murders of Robert Samuels and James Bernstein, and conspiring to murder Robert Samuels and James Bernstein. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 653f, subd. (b), 182, subd. (a)(1); hereafter all statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.) The jury found true the financial gain special circumstance as to the murder of Robert Samuels, the multiple-murder special circumstance, and the allegation that a principal in the murder of…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  5. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by94 opinions

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