People v. Smith

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

On October 9, 1991, defendant Gregory Scott Smith pled guilty to (1) first degree murder in violation of Penal Code section 187, subdivision (a); (2) kidnapping in violation of section 207, subdivision (a); (3) arson in violation of section 451, subdivisions (c) and (d); (4) commission of a forcible lewd act upon a child in violation of section 288, subdivision (b); and (5) forcible sodomy in violation of section 286, subdivision (c). Defendant admitted the charged special circumstances that the murder was committed during the commission of a kidnapping, a lewd act upon a…