Legal Opinion
People v. Tate
California Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 2010No. S031641PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
A jury found defendant Gregory O. Tate guilty of the first degree murder of Sarah LaChapelle. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189.)1 The jury also found that defendant personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife (§ 12022), and that robbery-murder and burglary-murder special circumstances were true (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)). Defendant was sentenced to death. This appeal is automatic. We will affirm the judgment in its entirety.
I. FACTS
A. Guilt trial.
1. Prosecution case.
Around 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 1988, Tanya DeLaHoussaye paid a brief visit to Sarah LaChapelle in…
2Cases cited110 opinions
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- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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