Legal Opinion
People v. Roybal
California Supreme Court
Decided January 13, 1999No. S029453PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty law (id., § 190 et seq.).
On June 1, 1992, the District Attorney of San Diego County filed an amended information against Rudolph Jose Roybal in the superior court of that county.
Count I charged that, on or about June 10, 1989, defendant murdered Yvonne Weden. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a).) It was alleged for death eligibility that he did so under the special circumstances of (1) felony-murder robbery, and (2) felony-murder burglary. (Id., former § 190.2, subd.…
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