Legal Opinion
People v. Duff
California Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 2014No. S105097PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
A jury convicted defendant Dewey Joe Duff of two counts of first degree murder with robbery and multiple-murder special circumstances, as well as various lesser crimes, for the 1998 killings of Roscoe Riley and Brandon Hagan. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189, 190.2, subd. (a)(3), (17).)1 It thereafter returned a death verdict. On automatic appeal, we affirm the judgment in its entirety.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
A. Guilt Phase Trial
It is undisputed that on February 23, 1998, Duff shot and killed Riley and Hagan. The principal issue during the guilt phase was why: Whether,…
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