People v. Grimes

Summary

The court upheld defendant's convictions and death sentence on the issues addressed in the available text, concluding that the trial court properly excused two prospective jurors, denied separate juries, admitted or excluded challenged evidence within its discretion, and gave constitutionally adequate instructions. It also rejected claims involving jury unanimity, discovery, ineffective assistance, plea bargaining, prosecutorial vindictiveness, and penalty-phase instructions. The judgment was modified only to vacate the true finding on one prior prison-term allegation; the opinion's later discussion is truncated.