California Supreme Court

The People v. Jones

October 2, 2013

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment imposing death after defendant was convicted of two first degree murders, attempted murders, and forcible sex offenses. It rejected challenges concerning capital-juror exclusion, peremptory strikes, precharging delay, joinder, other-crimes evidence, DNA and expert testimony, concluding that the trial court committed no reversible error and that any assumed evidentiary errors were harmless.