Legal Opinion

People v. Stankewitz

California Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1982No. Docket Nos. Crim. 20705, 21310PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

This case is before the court on automatic appeal. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)1 Appellant was convicted of the murder, kidnap and robbery of Theresa Greybeal. (§§ 187, 207, 211.) The jury also found to be true two special circumstances, that the murder was willful, deliberate, and premeditated and was committed during the commission or attempted commission of (1) robbery and (2) kidnaping. (Former § 190.2, subds. (c)(3)(i) and (ii).)2 A judgment of death was imposed.

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Late in the evening of February 7, 1978, the 19-year-old appellant left Sacramento with his mother and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Hovey v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Ben Lee Brown v. Walter E. CravenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
  4. People v. PenningtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967

3Cited by70 opinions

  1. People v. StanleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  2. People v. RodriguesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
  3. People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  4. People v. YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 2005
  5. People v. KellyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992

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