Legal Opinion
People v. Sanders
California Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 1990No. S004439. Crim. 22512PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, C. J.
Ronald Lee Sanders was convicted of first degree murder, attempted murder, robbery, burglary, and attempted robbery. Two allegations that he was armed with a firearm were found true. The jury also found true four special circumstance allegations: the murder was committed while defendant was engaged in the commission or the attempted commission of the robbery and burglary (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i) & (vii));1 the victim was intentionally killed to prevent her testimony in a criminal proceeding (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(10)); and the murder was especially heinous,…
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