P v. BOYER

Filed 5/11/06

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, )

)

Plaintiff and Respondent, )

) S029476

v. )

)

RICHARD DELMER BOYER, )

) Orange County

Defendant and Appellant. ) Super. Ct. No. C-51866

___________ )

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chronic drug abuser, that the substances he habitually ingested could produce long-term mental effects, including delusions and hallucinations, and that he had hallucinated on a previous occasion after suffering a motorcycle accident in which he hit his head. Defendant also notes John Kennedy's testimony that defendant seemed sober both immediately before and immediately after the Harbitz killings--thus suggesting, in defendant's view, that, while he was in the Harbitz home, he had a momentary â€