Appellate Practice
Jan. 8, 2004
Split Court Upholds Death Penalty
LOS ANGELES - A closely divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a Los Angeles man convicted in a 1989 robbery-killing in Pomona, rejecting a defense argument that the jury should have been instructed that they could find Alfredo Valdez guilty of a lesser charge.
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