Legal Opinion
People v. Silva
California Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 1988No. Crim. 22546PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, C. J.
I
Introduction
On June 29, 1981, a first amended information was filed in Lassen County Superior Court charging defendant, Benjamin Wai Silva, with murdering Kevin Thorpe and Laura Craig. Both counts of the information alleged six special circumstances: murder for financial gain (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(1); all further statutory references are to this code); multiple murder (id. subd. (a)(3)); murder of a witness to prevent testimony (id. subd. (a)(10)); heinous, atrocious and cruel murder (id. subd. (a)(14)); felony murder (robbery and kidnapping for robbery) (id.…
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