Legal Opinion
People v. Babbitt
California Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1988No. Docket Nos. S004455. Crim. Nos. 22692, 24440PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PANELLI, J.
Defendant Manuel Pina Babbitt was convicted of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 robbery (§ 211) and attempted rape (§§ 664, 261, subds. (2), (3)) of Leah Schendel and the burglary of Ms. Schendel’s apartment (§ 459), and of the robbery (§ 211) and attempted rape (§§ 664, 261, subds. (2), (3)) of Mavis W. The jury found the murder to have occurred in the course of burglary (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(vii)), robbery (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i)) and rape (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(iii)), found defendant sane, and in the Schendel case imposed the sentence of death. This…
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