People v. Dyer

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

Introduction

On June 18, 1981, an information was filed in Alameda County Superior Court charging defendant Alfred Dyer with two counts of first degree murder—each count alleging a multiple murder special circumstance (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(3))—two counts of attempted murder (id., §§ 187, 664) and four counts of kidnapping (id., § 207). (All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.) In addition, all eight counts of the information alleged that defendant was armed with, and used, a firearm, and that he intentionally inflicted…