Opinion ID: 1171490
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Automatic application for modification of death verdict.

Text: During the hearing on the automatic application to modify the death verdict (§ 190.4, subd. (e)), [21] the trial court stated it had considered the evidence and the law and examined each sentencing factor listed in section 190.3. (36) As to factor (h), the trial court observed that there was no evidence on the issue. Calling our attention again to the evidence that he had drunk alcohol and smoked marijuana on the night of the crimes, defendant contends the trial court erred in making this observation, and must therefore have failed to meet its statutory duty under section 190.4. The trial court did not err. As we have seen, the record was devoid of testimony that defendant appeared intoxicated, and the evidence of his consumption of alcohol and marijuana did not substantially support an inference that he was in such a state. Defendant has not shown that the trial court failed to take mitigating evidence into account or to discharge its obligation under section 190.4, subdivision (e).