Legal Opinion

People v. Rundle

California Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 2008No. S012943PublishedCited by 257 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

A jury convicted defendant David Allen Rundle of the first degree murders of Caroline Garcia and Lanciann Sorensen, and of attempting to forcibly rape them. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 261, subd. (a)(2), 664.) It found true the special circumstances that defendant was convicted of multiple murders in this proceeding, and that defendant committed the murders in the course of attempting to rape the victims. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3), (17).) After the penalty phase of the trial, the jury returned a verdict of death. The trial court denied the automatic motion to modify the verdict (§…

2Cases cited203 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by257 opinions

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