Hines

People v. Hines

Bad Law

15 Cal. 4th 997·1997 Cal. LEXIS 2968·64 Cal. Rptr. 2d 594·97 Daily Journal DAR 8258·938 P.2d 388

Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 26, 1997No. S006640California32,650 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Kennard, J.

A jury convicted defendant Gary Dale Hines of two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), 1 with these special circumstances: robbery murder (§ 190.2, former subd. (a)(17)(i)), burglary murder (§ 190.2, former subd. (a)(17)(vii)), and multiple murder (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). The jury also convicted him of robbery (§ 211), burglary (§ 459), grand theft of an automobile (§ 487, former subd. 3), and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (§ 12021), and found that he was armed with a firearm in the commission of the robbery, the burglary, and the two murders (§ 12022.5). At the penalty phase, the jury returned a verdict of death. Defendant’s appeal to this court is automatic. (§ 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment in its entirety.

I. Facts

A. Guilt Phase—Prosecution’s Case

In 1985, Lawrence “Bud” Roberts, his wife Kathryn, and their daughters, Donna and Michelle, moved from Grand Ronde, in Oregon, to the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, California. In the summer of 1986, when Donna was 15 years old and Michelle was 10, the family moved from North Highlands to a house at 4840 Priscilla Lane in south Sacramento.

At that time, Rebecca Palanuk, a friend of…

concurrence Opinion

Mosk, J.

I concur in the judgment.

I write separately to state, and to explain, my adherence to the view that we have “authority under Penal Code sections 1181, subdivision 7, and 1260,” to “reduce [a] sentence from death to life imprisonment without possibility of parole . . . .” (People v. Heishman (1988) 45 Cal.3d 147, 206 [ 246 Cal.Rptr. 673 , 753 P.2d 629 ] (conc. and dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); accord, People v. Ramirez (1990) 50 Cal.3d 1158, 1202-1203 [ 270 Cal.Rptr. 286 , 791 P.2d 965 ] (conc. and dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); People v. Allison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 879, 918 [ 258 Cal.Rptr. 208 , 771 P.2d 1294 ] (conc. and dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); People v. Adcox (1988) 47 Cal.3d 207, 277 [ 253 Cal.Rptr. 55 , 763 P.2d 906 ] (conc. and dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); People v. Coleman (1988) 46 Cal.3d 749, 789 [ 251 Cal.Rptr. 83 , 759 P.2d 1260 ] (conc. and dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); People v. Lucero (1988) 44 Cal.3d 1006, 1034-1306 [ 245 Cal.Rptr. 185 , 750 P.2d 1342 ] (conc. and dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); People v. Coleman (1985) 38 Cal.3d 69, 98 [ 211 Cal.Rptr. 102 , 695 P.2d 189 ] (dis. opn. of Mosk, J.); People v. Holt (1984) 37 Cal.3d 436, 463-464 [ 208 Cal.Rptr. 547 , 690 P.2d 1207 ] (conc. and dis. opn.…

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Parties

THE PEOPLE, and
Plaintiff
GARY DALE HINES, and
Defendant

Judges

Kennard
Mosk

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