Legal Opinion
People v. Taylor
California Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 2010No. S062562PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
In 1996, a San Diego County jury convicted defendant Brandon Amae Taylor of the first degree murder of 80-year-old Rosa Mae Dixon, forcible rape of an elderly victim while engaged in a residential burglary, forcible oral copulation, residential burglary, and first degree robbery. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189, 261, subd. (a)(2), 667.61, subds. (a), (c), (d), 1203.09, subd. (f), 288a, subd. (c), 459, 460, 211, 212.5, subd. (a); unless otherwise specified, all further statutory references are to this code.) The jury also found trae the special circumstance allegations that…
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