Criminal
Feb. 28, 2015
State Supreme Court justices disagree on death penalty affirmance
While the entire court agreed to uphold a death sentence imposed on a murderer, a partial dissent by two of the high court's justices argues that the majority's holding creates an overly broad reading of the state's carjacking statute.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Tucked within a routine affirmation of a death penalty sentence by the California Supreme Court Thursday was a heated discussion over the state's carjacking statute.
The disagreement over the statute was pointed enough that Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar, backed by Justice Goodwin Liu, penned an impassioned dissent stating the majority's position should "prompt quizzical looks."
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