Legal Opinion
People v. Hamilton
California Supreme Court
Decided February 23, 2009No. S052288PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORENO, J.
On January 5, 1981, a jury found defendant Bernard Lee Hamilton guilty of the murder of Eleanore Buchanan (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 and of robbery (§ 211), kidnapping (§ 207), and burglary (§ 459). The jury found true special circumstance allegations of robbery, kidnapping, and burglary. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A), (B), (G).) After a penalty trial, the jury returned a verdict of death, and the court imposed judgment accordingly.
On direct appeal, this court affirmed the judgment of guilt but set aside the special circumstance findings because of instructional error under Carlos v.…
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