Legal Opinion

People v. Thompson

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 20, 1994No. B074314PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

JOHNSON, J.

Facts and Proceedings Below

This is an appeal after remand following a prior decision of this court whereby we instructed the trial court to resentence the defendant either to 25 years to life or to life without possibility of parole and to stay the other sentence. On remand, the trial court sentenced defendant to life without possibility of parole and stayed the 25 years to life sentence. We affirm.

The discussion of the facts comes from our previous opinion in People v. Thompson (1992) 7 Cal.App.4th 1966, 1969-1970 [10 Cal.Rptr.2d 15],

“It was about 11:30 p.m., July 3, 1988,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Denham v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  3. People v. DillonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Neal v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
  5. In Re LynchCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. SullivanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
  2. People v. TravisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
  3. People v. MoraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
  4. People v. ChaconCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
  5. People v. RhodesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005

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