People v. Warren

Opinion

MOSK, J.

At the guilt phase of a capital trial under the 1978 death penalty law (Pen. Code, § 190.1 et seq.), defendants Robert Warren and Woodrow Warren were each convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of Homero Flores and Antonio Herrera (id., § 187) and the robbery of Flores, Herrera, and Angel Rebeles (id., § 211). As to each murder the jury found the following special circumstances for each defendant: felony murder-robbery (id., § 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i)), and multiple murder (id., subd. (a)(3)). At the penalty phase the jury returned against each defendant a verdict of…