Legal Opinion
People v. Henriquez
California Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 2017No. S089311PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKruger, J.
*7 Defendant Christopher Henriquez killed his pregnant wife and their two-year-old daughter. He stipulated at trial that he killed the victims with malice aforethought, but asserted that the murders were not premeditated and were instead the unplanned *78 result of a fit of rage. A jury convicted defendant of two counts of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder, found true a multiple-murder special circumstance, and returned a verdict of death. This appeal is automatic. ( Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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