Legal Opinion
People v. Phillips
California Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1985No. Crim. 21374PublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REYNOSO,J.
This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b))1 after defendant was sentenced to death for robbing and shooting two putative confederates in a drug trafficking scheme, one fatally. He was found guilty by a jury of two counts of robbery (§ 211), one count of attempted murder (§§ 187, 664) and one count of first degree murder with a special circumstance, i.e., murder in the commission of a robbery (former § 190.2, subd. (c)(3)(i), as enacted by Stats. 1977, ch. 316, § 9, pp. 1257-*391258, repealed by Prop. 7 of the initiative measure approved by the voters Nov. 7,…
2Cases cited98 opinions
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3Cited by240 opinions
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