The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Enrique Parra Duenas, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed defendant’s convictions and death sentence, concluding that the trial court properly excused three prospective jurors whose equivocal views on capital punishment substantially impaired their ability to serve. It also held that the computer animation illustrating the prosecution experts’ opinions was admissible demonstrative evidence and that any possible error was harmless. The court rejected defendant’s remaining penalty-phase, cumulative-error, and constitutional challenges to California’s death-penalty law.