People v. Rountree
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first degree murder under the special circumstances of kidnapping- and robbery-murder, of kidnapping, and of robbery. The jury also found Defendant personally used a firearm in committing each crime. The trial court imposed a sentence of death. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not prejudicially err in denying Defendant's motion to change venue; (2) the trial court did not err with regard to jury selection issues; (3) the trial court did not err with regard to guilt and special circumstance issues; (4) the trial court did not err with regard to certain penalty issues; and (5) not giving criminal defendants the right to take depositions does not violate equal protection.
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