People v. Stanworth

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Dennis Stanworth1 was convicted upon pleas of guilty of two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187),2 one count of kidnaping for the purpose of robbery resulting in bodily harm to the victim (§ 209), four counts of kidnaping (§ 207), three counts of forcible rape (§ 261, subjl. 3), one count of oral-genital copulation (§ 288a), and one *594count of robbery (§ 211).3 The trial court determined that both murders were of the first degree. After a trial on the issue of penalty in respect to the charges under sections 187 and 209, a jury fixed the penalty on each of the murder…