Legal Opinion
People v. Livaditis
California Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1992No. S004767. Crim. 26407PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN, J.
On June 23, 1986, defendant took five hostages during a robbery of the Van Cleef & Arpéis jewelry store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly *766Hills. During the next tension-filled thirteen hours he stabbed one of the hostages to death, and fatally shot a second in the head. At the end of that time, the police were able to capture him as he tried to flee the area with the three surviving hostages. Tragically, a third hostage was accidentally killed by the police in the ensuing confusion.
In a case filed under the 1978 death penalty law, defendant pleaded guilty to the first degree murder…
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