Legal Opinion
Cummiskey v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1992No. S024295PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, C. J.
The Grand Jury of the County of Sacramento returned an indictment charging petitioner with the first degree murder of Philip Inhofer *1022in violation of Penal Code section 187 (all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise stated), and with use of a deadly and dangerous weapon (a knife) in violation of section 12022. The indictment further alleged the special circumstance of murder committed during a robbery under section 190.2, subdivision (a)(17)(i). Following the indictment, the prosecution announced it would not seek the death penalty.
The superior court…
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