People v. Sheldon

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

Defendant Jeffrey T. Sheldon appeals from a judgment imposing the death penalty following his conviction of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated), accompanied by three felony-murder special-circumstance findings (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i) (robbery-murder), (ii) (kidnap-murder), and (vii) (burglary-murder)). Additionally, with respect to the murder victim, defendant was convicted of robbery (§211), vehicle theft (Veh. Code, § 10851), kidnapping for ransom and extortion (§ 209, subd. (a)), and…