People v. Kimble

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b))1 from a judgment of death imposed under the 1977 death penalty law. (Former § 190 et seq., Stats 1977, ch. 316, § 4 et seq., pp. 1256-1262.) Defendant raises numerous claims of error relating to the guilt, special circumstance and penalty phases of the proceedings. We conclude that the judgment should be affirmed in its entirety.

I. Facts

In the afternoon of August 12, 1978, Harry and Avone Margulies were killed in their home in the Doheny Estates neighborhood in Los Angeles. That same evening, Beverly Stereo…