In this automatic capital appeal, the California Supreme Court rejected Lance Ian Osband's challenges to his convictions for the 1985 murder of Lois Minnie Skuse and the attack on teacher Norma C., and to the special-circumstance findings and death sentence, so far as the supplied text runs.
California Supreme Court, 1996
Published opinions from 1996. The case name opens the case page.
1996 opinions
CaliforniaThe People, Petitioner v. the Superior Court of San Diego County, Respondent; Jesus Romero, Real Party in Interest
June 20, 199613 Cal. 4th 497
The court held that Penal Code section 1385 permits a trial court to strike prior felony allegations on its own motion in a Three Strikes case because the Three Strikes law contains no clear direction eliminating that authority.