Court Opinion

ID: 9614600
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:26:49.113532+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:13:11.975988
License: Public Domain

LUCAS, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur with the judgment to the extent it affirms defendant’s conviction of first degree murder, robbery and burglary, and reverses his conviction of attempted murder. I dissent, however, from the setting aside of the special circumstances finding and penalty judgment by reason 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 strongly disagree with the holdings in those cases (see People v. Whitt (1984) 36 Cal.3d 724, 749 [dis. opn.] [205 Cal.Rptr. 810, 685 P.2d 1161]), and I can no longer concur in judgments of reversal based thereon (see People v. Guerra (1985) 40 Cal.3d 377, 389-390 [220 Cal.Rptr. 374, 708 P.2d 1252]).