People v. Ford

Defendant appeals (by operation of Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from judgments of death and imprisonment imposed pursuant to jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder, first degree burglary, possession of a coneealable weapon by an ex-felon (Pen. Code, § 12021), first degree robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of kidnaping.

Defendant advances a variety of contentions relating to the nonhomicide counts, but we have concluded that no prejudicial error occurred in connection with those convictions.1 As to the murder count, however, the record substantiates…