Case law

People v. Pride

3 Cal. 4th 195 · California Supreme Court · Aug 6, 1992

In light of the foregoing, defendant has not established error or prejudice in the denial of his venue motions. B. Jury Selection Issues 1. … Schanfield’s testimony about the semen stains found in Kimele’s panties was inherently weak, and the clearly valid evidence that defendant killed and sexually assaulted both victims was strong.

People v. Henson

296 Cal. Rptr. 3d 331 · California Supreme Court · Aug 1, 2022

case of high offences, is justly regarded as one of the securities to the innocent against hasty, malicious and oppressive public prosecutions, and as one of the ancient immunities and privileges of English liberty.” … When a law authorizes an act, as section 954 clearly does, it does not need to expressly authorize each individual way the act can be carried out.

People v. Gay

73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 442 · California Supreme Court · Mar 20, 2008

The court agreed “that a defendant in a penalty phase retrial is entitled to present evidence to the jury that would establish some residual doubt, what you call lingering doubt. … Kenneth Solomon, and concluded with *1225 the contention that “we believe the evidence in this case will clearly show that Kenny Gay could not have and did not shoot Officer Verna.”

People v. Hines

15 Cal. 4th 997 · California Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1997

He argues that because he was young (21 years old at the time of trial) and not well educated (a high school dropout, according to the probation report), he could not clearly articulate the reasons why he believed his attorneys … Defendant contends that none of the prosecution witnesses qualified as an expert in weaponry, and therefore they should not have been permitted to identify the type of gun that defendant had pointed at Frye.

P. v. Nunez & Satele

57 Cal. 4th 1 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 2013

.‖ Defendant Satele‘s counsel asked, ―[I]f you made up your mind that the decision you made up was the prosecution has established to you a belief this person is a really bad person and that person deserves the death … Both defendants in this case were indisputably members of a criminal street gang (the West Side Wilmas), but, as discussed below, the evidence did not clearly show that the murders were gang related.