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People v. Carpenter

California Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 1997No. S004654PublishedCited by 380 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

CHIN, J.

Evidence at the guilt and penalty trials established that defendant is the “Trailside Killer” who terrorized Californians in 1980 and 1981. Over several months, he assaulted hikers on remote paths in Santa Cruz and Marin Counties, shooting to death seven at close range with a .38-caliber Rossi revolver and raping some of them. An eighth shooting victim survived to testify against him.

In the case we now review, tried in Los Angeles County following a change of venue, a jury found defendant guilty of these crimes in Santa Cruz County: the first degree murders of Ellen Marie…

2Cases cited204 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by380 opinions

  1. People v. BolinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  2. People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  3. People v. ColeCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  4. People v. MauryCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. People v. CunninghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001

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