People v. Sanchez
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, attempted murder, twenty-six counts of robbery, two counts of attempted robbery, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of assaults with a stun gun. The jury returned a verdict of death, and the trial court imposed a judgment of death. The Supreme Court reversed one robbery count, modified the determinate prison sentence accordingly, and otherwise affirmed, holding (1) no reversible error occurred in the selection of the jury; (2) the trial court did not prejudicially err in its evidentiary rulings; (3) the evidence was insufficient as to one of the robberies; (4) the evidence was sufficient to support the attempted murder conviction; (5) Defendant’s claims of instructional error failed; (6) no prejudicial error occurred during the penalty phase of trial; and (7) Defendant’s challenges to California’s death penalty law failed.
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