Legal Opinion
People v. Karis
California Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 1988No. Docket Nos. Crim. 22786, 25929PublishedCited by 316 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EAGLESON, J.
Defendant was convicted by a jury in the Sacramento County Superior Court of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189) 1 of Peggy Pennington, with special circumstances of murder in the commission of kidnapping and in the immediate flight from rape (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17) (count I); 2 the attempted murder of Patricia D. (§§ 664/187) (count II); the kidnapping of Ms. Pennington (count III) and Ms. D. (count IV) (§ 207); and rape of Ms. D. (§ 261) (count V). He was found to have personally used a firearm in the commission of each offense (§ 12022.5), and to have…
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