People v. Brown

46 Cal.3d 432 (1988)

758 P.2d 1135

250 Cal. Rptr. 604

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JOHN G. BROWN, Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. Crim. 22646.

Supreme Court of California.

August 25, 1988.

COUNSEL

J. Courtney Shevelson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom, John W. Carney and Robert M. Foster, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death under the 1978 death penalty legislation.…