People v. Morelos

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VALDAMIR FRED MORELOS, Defendant and Appellant. S051968 Santa Clara County Superior Court 169362 August 11, 2022 Justice Groban authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye and Justices Corrigan, Kruger, Jenkins, and Guerrero concurred. Justice Liu filed a dissenting opinion. PEOPLE v. MORELOS S051968 Opinion of the Court by Groban, J. Following a bench trial, Valdamir Fred Morelos was convicted of Kurt Anderson’s first degree murder. (Pen. Code,1 § 187.) The trial court found true that…