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In Re Carpenter

California Supreme Court

Decided March 6, 1995No. S011273PublishedCited by 145 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ARABIAN, J.

The Director of Corrections appeals a superior court judgment and order on habeas corpus vacating an earlier superior court judgment against David Joseph Carpenter, including a sentence of death. We reverse.

I. The Background

A. The Santa Cruz “Trailside Murder” Case

In the Santa Cruz Superior Court, the People charged Carpenter with the following offenses committed in that county in the spring of 1981: (1) the murder of Ellen Marie Hansen under special circumstances of rape murder, lying in wait, and multiple minder; (2) the attempted rape of Hansen; (3) the attempted murder…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by145 opinions

  1. People v. WaidlaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
  2. People v. CunninghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  3. People v. CarpenterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  4. People v. YeomanCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. People v. LewisCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001

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