Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in People v. Parker. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.)
This is the first opinion in the four cases argued in March. The other three opinions should file within the next eight days.
Court of Appeal justices are sitting pro tem on the March cases in place of Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, who left the court at the end of October and wasn’t replaced until the end of March.
Parker is an automatic direct appeal from a February 2003 judgment of death. The court’s website does not list issues for death penalty appeals. Counsel was appointed in June 2008. Briefing was completed in August 2019. First District, Division Three, Justice Ioana Petrou is the pro tem.
The opinion can be viewed tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m.