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PEOPLE v. STESKAL

No. S122611.

11 Cal.5th 332 (2021)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MAURICE GERALD STESKAL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Gaynor, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Crowell & Moring, Michelle Gillette, Mina Nasseri-Asghar, Nicole Ambrosetti and Tiffanie McDowell, for Mental Health America and National Alliance on Mental Illness as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Jakob, Holly D. Wilkens, Robin Urbanski, Christine Y. Friedman and Kelley Johnson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

A jury convicted defendant Maurice Gerald Steskal of the first degree murder of Orange County Deputy Sheriff Bradley J. Riches. (Pen. Code, § 187.) The jury found true a special circumstance allegation that Steskal intentionally killed a peace officer engaged in the performance of his duties (id.,

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