Legal Opinion
People v. Panah
California Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 2005No. S045504PublishedCited by 303 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORENO, J.
A jury convicted defendant Hooman Ashkan Panah of the first degree murder of eight-year-old Nicole Parker (Pen. Code, § 187), among other offenses, and found true the special circumstance allegations that the murder was committed while defendant was engaged in the commission of the crimes of sodomy and lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(D), (E)). The same jury subsequently set the penalty at death. This appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment.
I. Facts
A. Procedural History
Defendant was charged in a…
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