People v. Blair

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

A jury convicted defendant James Nelson Blair of the first degree murder of Dorothy Green (Pen. Code, § 187) 1 and found true the special circumstance allegation of murder by the administration of poison. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(19).) At the penalty phase of the trial, the jury returned a verdict of death. The trial court denied defendant’s automatic motion to modify the verdict (§ 190.4, subd. (e)) and imposed a death sentence.

This appeal is automatic. (§ 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment in its entirety.

I. Factual Background

Defendant was convicted of the first degree…