Court Opinion

ID: 9626176
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:04:36.05027+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:22.597502
License: Public Domain

LUCAS, J.
I concur with the majority opinion to the extent it affirms defendant’s conviction of murder and burglary. I also concur with the remaining portion of the judgment, setting aside the special circumstances *63finding and reversing the penalty of death, but only under the compulsion of People v. Garcia (1984) 36 Cal.3d 539 [205 Cal.Rptr. 265, 684 P.2d 826], and Carlos v. Superior Court (1983) 35 Cal.3d 131 [197 Cal.Rptr. 79, 672 P.2d 862]. For reasons I have previously expressed, I disagree with the holdings in those cases (see People v. Whitt (1984) 36 Cal.3d 724, 749 [205 Cal.Rptr. 810, 685 P.2d 1161] [dis. opn.]), but they do appear to control the disposition of the present case.