The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. David Leslie Murtishaw, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed the death judgments entered after the third penalty retrial. It held that the trial court properly instructed the jury under the applicable 1977 death penalty law, had no sua sponte duty to give the requested limiting or imperfect-self-defense instructions, and correctly admitted the victim-impact evidence. The court also rejected defendant's ex post facto, due process, capital-sentencing, and cumulative-error claims.