# People v. Balderas

> California Supreme Court · December 31, 1985 · 41 Cal. 3d 144

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9597323

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID BALDERAS, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 31, 1985
- **Citations:** 41 Cal. 3d 144; 222 Cal. Rptr. 184; 711 P.2d 480; 1985 Cal. LEXIS 445
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Bird
- **Judges:** Grodin, Lucas, Mosk, Bird
- **Cited by:** 317 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Superseded by statute, as recognized in Pedeferri v. Seidner Enterprises.
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9597323

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding prosecution must prove unadjudicated offenses beyond a reasonable doubt

## Opinion text

BIRD, C. J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur in the setting aside of the special circumstance finding and the reversal of the penalty judgment for Carlos-Garcia error. (Carlos v. Superior Court (1983) 35 Cal.3d 131 [ 197 Cal.Rptr. 79 , 672 P.2d 862 ]; People v. Garcia (1984) 36 Cal.3d 539 *210 [ 205 Cal.Rptr. 265 , 684 P.2d 826 ].) I do not join in the remainder of the majority’s opinion.
On March 27, 1986, the opinions were modified to read as printed above.

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