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People v. Avena

California Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 1996No. S004422. Crim. No. 22485PublishedCited by 168 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*408Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

Carlos Jaime Avena was convicted in 1980 in Los Angeles County Superior Court of the first degree murders of Manuel Solis and Miguel Vasquez. (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated.) Multiple-murder and robbery-murder special-circumstance allegations were also sustained. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3) & (17).) In addition, petitioner was convicted of robbery, attempted robbery, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of assault with intent to commit murder. (§§ 211, 664/211, 245, subd. (a), and former §…

2Cases cited106 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by168 opinions

  1. People v. HillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
  2. People v. BolinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  3. People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  4. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  5. People v. MauryCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003

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