Legal Opinion
People v. Mattson
California Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1990No. S004705. Crim. 25181PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EAGLESON, J.
On October 22, 1984, this court reversed a judgment of conviction and sentence imposing the death penalty, holding that defendant’s confessions to the two murders, related offenses, and unrelated sexual offenses of which he stood convicted had been obtained in violation of article I, section 15 of the California Constitution and therefore were inadmissible under People v. Pettingill (1978) 21 Cal.3d 231 [145 Cal.Rptr. 861, 578 P.2d 108] and People v. Fioritto (1968) 68 Cal.2d 714 [68 Cal.Rptr. 817, 441 P.2d 625], (People v. Mattson (1984) 37 Cal.3d 85 [207 Cal.Rptr. 278,…
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