California Supreme Court
The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Willie Leo Harris, Defendant and Appellant
August 26, 201357 Cal. 4th 804
Summary
The opinion rejects the defendant's challenges to venue, jury selection, evidentiary rulings, prosecutorial and judicial conduct, jury instructions, and the sufficiency of the evidence. It concludes that the record supported the rape, robbery, and robbery-murder special-circumstance findings, and that any assumed errors were harmless, forfeited, or within the trial court's discretion. The court affirms the judgment, including the death sentence, as stated in the opinion's shown text.