Legal Opinion
People v. Easley
California Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 1983No. Crim. 21117PublishedCited by 340 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUS, J.
This is an automatic appeal from a judgment imposing a penalty of death. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)1 We filed an initial opinion in this case on December 10, 1982, but before the opinion became final (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 24(a)), the State Public Defender filed an amicus curiae brief which brought to our attention a number of significant legal issues that had not been raised by defense counsel or the Attorney General and had not been addressed in the court’s opinion. Recognizing that in death penalty cases the provisions of section 1239, subdivision (b) impose “a duty…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by340 opinions
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