Legal Opinion

People v. Summersville

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 5, 1995No. D020205PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BENKE, J.

A jury found Byron Summersville guilty of the second degree murder (Pen. Code, 1 § 187, subd. (a)) of Timothy Burke with personal knife use (§ 12022, subd. (b)) (count 1) and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)) on Alberto Fox with personal knife use and personal infliction of great bodily injury (§ 12022.7) (count 2). The court sentenced him to twenty-three years to life in prison: on count 2, the four-year upper term for assault with a deadly weapon, a consecutive three-year term for personal infliction of great bodily injury, and a stayed term for knife use;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. People v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  3. People v. BlackwoodCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
  4. People v. SimpsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
  5. People v. McGeeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. Robert Kenneth MemoryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2010
  2. People v. MartinezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
  3. People v. BurnsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
  4. People v. Aldaco CA5California Court of Appeal · 2020
  5. People v. Godinez CA2/2California Court of Appeal · 2015

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