Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
California Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 2007No. S035348PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORENO, J.
A jury convicted defendant Robert Lee Smith of the first degree murders of Michelle Dorsey and James Martin (Pen. Code, § 187), among other offenses, and found true the special circumstance allegations that defendant committed multiple murders (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(3)) and that each murder was committed during the commission of a robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A), 211). Following a sanity phase held pursuant to defendant’s plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the jury returned a verdict that defendant was sane at the time of the offenses. After the…
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