People v. Cage
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The trial court sentenced Defendant to death for the two murders. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in its entirety, holding (1) during the guilt phase, the trial court did not err in admitting evidence of Defendant’s past crimes and bad acts against his family; (2) the evidence was sufficient to support the first-degree murder convictions; (3) the jury instructions during both the guilt phase and the penalty phase were constitutional; (4) the trial court did not err in admitting purported victim impact testimony during either the guilt phase or the penalty phase; (5) the trial court did not err in admitting crime scene and autopsy photographs during the guilt phase; (6) Defendant’s death sentence was not grossly disproportionate to Defendant’s personal culpability; and (7) Defendant’s challenges to California’s death penalty scheme failed.
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