Legal Opinion
People v. Thornton
California Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2007No. S046816PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
Defendant murdered Kellie Colleen O’Sullivan on September 14, 1993, and was arrested, tried, convicted of a number of crimes, and sentenced to death. The jury convicted defendant of the murder of O’Sullivan (Pen. Code, 1 § 187), and of kidnapping her for robbery (§ 209, subd. (b)). It found true felony-murder special circumstances on the basis of robbery and kidnapping (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A), (B)). The jury also convicted defendant of robbery (§ 211), grand theft of an automobile and a firearm (§ 487, subd. (d)(1), (2)), kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)), assault with a firearm…
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