P v. CHATMAN ( Part V )

P v. CHATMAN

Filed 5/8/06

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, )

)

Plaintiff and Respondent, )

) S032509

v. )

)

ERIK SANFORD CHATMAN, )

) Santa Clara County

Defendant and Appellant. ) Super. Ct. No. 143749

___________ )

Story Continued from Part IV ……….

to find that ‘[t]he murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture.' (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(18).)” (Elliot, supra, 37 Cal.4th at p. 469.) At the time of the crime, section 190.2, subdivision (a)(18), also provided that torture required â€