P. v. Williams

Summary

The California Supreme Court affirmed the judgment imposing death sentences and related convictions for two first degree murders, robbery, and burglary. It upheld the excusal of a capital-case juror, admission of defendant's prison intake statement, penalty-phase procedures, victim-impact evidence, and the challenged death-penalty instructions and arguments. The court found no individual or cumulative prejudicial error and rejected the constitutional challenges to the capital sentencing scheme.