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Supreme Court affirms death penalty for robbery/burglary-murder

July 12, 2018

The Supreme Court today affirms the death sentence in People v. Spencer.  The court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar rejects numerous claims of prejudicial error, including the wrongful dismissal of a prospective juror, the lack of probable cause to arrest the defendant, and a Miranda violation.

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