The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Steven Homick, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed defendant's convictions for conspiracy and two murders and his death sentences. It held that a prior federal murder-for-hire conviction did not bar the California prosecution because the California lying-in-wait special circumstance required proof of additional conduct not necessary for the federal offense. The court also rejected defendant's challenges to joinder, impeachment of a cooperating accomplice, the accomplice's plea agreement, and several evidentiary rulings.