Legal Opinion
People v. Lindberg
California Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 2008No. S066527PublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORENO, J.
A jury found defendant Gunner Jay Lindberg guilty of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187)1 of Thien Minh Ly and found he personally used a knife (§ 12022, subd. (b)). The jury further found true special circumstance allegations that defendant committed murder in the attempted commission of robbery (§ 190.2, former subd. (a)(17)(i), now subd. (a)(17)(A)) and because of the victim’s race, color, religion, nationality, or country of origin (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(16) (“hate-murder” special circumstance)).
At defendant’s penalty trial, the jury returned a death verdict. The…
2Cases cited92 opinions
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