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In re Boyette

California Supreme Court

Decided May 30, 2013No. S092356PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

In 1993, an Alameda County jury convicted petitioner Maurice Boyette of two counts of first degree murder for shooting and killing Gary Carter and Annette Devallier. (Pen. Code, § 187.)1 The jury also convicted petitioner of being a felon in possession of a firearm (former § 12021) and sustained allegations that he was both armed with (§ 12022, subd. (a)) and used (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)) a firearm during the crimes. The jury also sustained a multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)), rendering him eligible for the death penalty. Following the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. People v. BoyetteCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  2. People v. MeltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  3. People v. YeomanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  4. People v. DuvallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Alfred R. Dyer v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, of California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. People v. ManibusanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013
  2. People v. MerrimanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
  3. People v. CaroCalifornia Supreme Court · 2019
  4. People v. HensleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Jesse Andrews v. Ron DavisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019

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