Court Opinion

ID: 9578037
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:40:53.694144+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:22:25.357250
License: Public Domain

TOBRINER, J., Concurring.
For the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinions of the Chief Justice and Justice Mosk in People v. Jackson (1980) 28 Cal.3d 264 [168 Cal.Rptr. 603, 618 P.2d 149], I continue to believe that the death penalty statute under which defendant was convicted is unconstitutional. Until the majority opinion in Jackson is reversed by the United States Supreme Court or is overruled by a majority of this court, however, I consider myself bound by that decision’s holding. Because I agree with the present majority’s conclusion that under Murphy v. Florida (1975) 421 U.S. 794 [44 L.Ed.2d 589, 95 S.Ct. 2031], the record in this case does not demonstrate that defendant was denied a fair trial, I concur in the judgment.