Legal Opinion
People v. Westerfield
California Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 2019No. S112691PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal is automatic. (§ 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment in its entirety.
I. FACTS
A. Guilt Phase
1. Overview
On the night of Friday, February 1, 2002, Damon Van Dam put his two sons and his seven-year-old daughter, Danielle, to bed. His wife, Brenda, went out with her girlfriends to a bar where they saw defendant, David Westerfield, who lived two doors down from the Van Dams. When Brenda, her girlfriends, and two male friends came home, they noticed an alarm monitor was flashing, and the side garage door was open. They closed the door and had something to eat. Damon got up and…
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