(DOWNLOAD) "People V. Hernandez" by California Supreme Court ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Hernandez
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 16, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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In this matter, defendant pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and other offenses committed over a seven-hour period. The jury found him guilty of murder and all but one of the offenses but failed to reach a unanimous verdict on insanity and the superior court declared a mistrial. A second jury reached a unanimous verdict of insanity with regard to some, but not all, of the offenses. As to those remaining offenses, the superior court dismissed the sanity proceedings under Penal Code section 1385, subdivision (a), on the basis of its determination that further retrial would "unduly burden judicial resources," and found defendant sane. The Court of Appeal affirmed, concluding that the superior court properly dismissed the sanity proceedings and entered a directed verdict.