P. v. Coronado CA2/8
Carol Coronado was charged with three counts of willful, deliberate and premeditated murder in connection with the deaths of her two year old, one year old, and infant daughters. Coronado entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After a court trial, the court found Coronado guilty of first degree murder and legally sane during the commission of the crimes. She was sentenced to three terms of life without parole.
On appeal, Coronado makes the following arguments: (1) she was improperly arraigned when she purported to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity; (2) there was insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation; (3) the evidence was insufficient that she was sane at the time she committed the crimes; and (4) she received ineffective assistance of counsel.
We find there was sufficient evidence of first degree murder and of Coronado’s sanity.
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