People v. Sandoval

CHIN, J.,

Concurring and Dissenting.—Although I concur in the judgment affirming defendant’s convictions, enhancements, and sentence, for reasons explained below, I do not agree that we should vacate the lying-in-wait special circumstance. Nor do I agree that the trial court erred in precluding defense counsel from making erroneous and inaccurate statements to the jury regarding a sentence of life without possibility of parole, i.e., that the sentence “means that you will never get out” and that defendant “will spend the rest of his life in a California maximum security prison.” I also do not…