Randy L. McKinney v. State

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal out of Butte County from a judgment dismissing a petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm the judgment.

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Factual Background.

In November 1981, a jury found Randy Lynn McKinney guilty of first degree murder (both by premeditated killing and by felony murder), conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery for the April 1981 shooting death of Robert Bishop, Jr. On March 27, 1982, the district court sentenced McKinney to death for first degree murder, an indeterminate thirty years for conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to…