PEOPLE v.
Filed 8/12/10
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE PEOPLE, )
)
Plaintiff and Respondent, )
) S081148
v. )
)
MARTIN CARL JENNINGS, )
) San Bernardino County
Defendant and Appellant. ) Super.
Ct. No. FVI-04195
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Joseph Lantz, the psychologist who testified
on defendant's behalf at the guilt phase of the trial, testified again at the
penalty phase. In Lantz's opinion,
defendant was seriously affected by the environment in which he was
raised. Lantz agreed with Stahly's testimony, adding that there would have to be
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| Description | A San Bernardino County jury found defendant Martin Carl Jennings guilty of the first degree murder of his five-year-old son, Arthur Jennings. (Pen. Code, § 187.)[1] The jury further found true the special circumstance that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture (§ 190.2, subd (a)(18)), but found not true the special circumstance that defendant intentionally killed Arthur by the administration of poison (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(19)). Following the penalty phase of the trial, the jury returned a verdict of death. After denying defendant's motion for a new trial and his application for modification of the judgment (§ 190.4, subd. (e)), the trial court sentenced defendant to death. This appeal is automatic. (§ 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the judgment in its entirety. |
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