IN RE THOMAS

No. S063274.

39 Cal.Rptr.3d 845 (2006)

37 Cal.4th 1249

129 P.3d 49

In re Ralph International THOMAS, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

March 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Reisman and William A. Snyder, Jr., San Francisco, under appointments by the Supreme Court, and John R. Grele, San Francisco, for Petitioner Ralph International Thomas.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, George Williamson, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Ronald A. Bass and Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorneys General, Peggy S. Ruffra, Ronald S. Matthias and Dane R. Gillette, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California.


WERDEGAR, J.

Mary Gioia and Greg Kniffin were "Deadheads," followers of the band the Grateful Dead, who in 1985 traveled with other Deadheads to Berkeley, California, to see one of the band's shows. When they arrived, they stayed in Rainbow Village, a permanent encampment of homeless people on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Sometime during the night of August 15-16, 1985, they were both shot and killed.

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