People v. Sconce CA2/3

BACKGROUND

Appellant had two cases pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the instant case, No. A578478, and an unrelated case, No. A573819. The cases date respectively, to 1989 and 1987. They apparently were never consolidated; the trial court considered them in tandem. Suffice it to state, in 1987, appellant was charged in the unrelated Lamb Funeral Home case, No. A573819, inter alia, with the unlawful disposition of, and improper handling of, human remains, conspiracy counts with respect

1 All further references to section numbers are to the Penal Code unless otherwise designated.

2 to the unlawful disposition of, theft from, and the mishandling of, human remains, conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, the bribery of witnesses, and the solicitation of two murders. In 1989, the Office of the District Attorney of Los Angeles County filed the instant information charging appellant with the conspiracy to commit murder, case No. A578478. The facts underlying the instant charge were appellant asked an employee to murder the estranged husband of his…