Legal Opinion
People v. Bonin
California Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 1988No. S004565. Crim. No. 23286PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*668Opinion
MOSK, J.
This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) imposed under the 1978 death penalty law (id., § 190.1 et seq.).
After a jury trial defendant was convicted of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and robbery (id., § 211) of Dennis Frank Fox, Glenn Barker, Russell Rugh, and Lawrence Sharp. As to each murder count, he was found to have been convicted in the same proceeding of more than one offense of murder within the meaning of the multiple-murder special circumstance of Penal Code section 190.2, subdivision (a)(3). For each of the four…
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3Cited by149 opinions
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