People?v.?Fierro?(1991)?1?Cal.4th?173?,?3?Cal.Rptr.2d?426;?821?P.2d?1302 [No.?S004726. Dec?26,?1991.] THE?PEOPLE,?Plaintiff?and?Respondent,?v.?DAVID?REY?FIERRO,?Defendant?and?Appellant. (Superior?Court?of?Riverside?County,?No.?CR-?23644,?Gerald?F.?Schulte,?Judge.) (Opinion?by?Arabian,?J.,?with?Lucas,?C.?J.,?Panelli,?Baxter?and?George,?JJ.,?concurring.?Separate?concurring?and?dissenting?opinions?by?Mosk?and?Kennard,?JJ.) COUNSEL James?S.?Thomson,?under?appointment?by?the?Supreme?Court,?and?Michael?Laurence?for?Defendant?and?Appellant. John?K.?Van?de?Kamp?and?Daniel?E.?Lungren,?Attorneys?General,?Richard?B.?Iglehart,?Chief?Assistant?Attorney?General,?Harley?D.?Mayfield,?Assistant?Attorney?General,?Louis?R.?Hanoian?and?Lilia?E.?Garcia,?Deputy?Attorneys?General,?for?Plaintiff?and?Respondent.?[1?Cal.4th?200] OPINION ARABIAN,?J. Defendant?David?Rey?Fierro?was?convicted?by?a?jury?of?first?degree?murder?(Pen.?Code,???187)?fn.?1?and?two?counts?of?robbery?(??211).?The?jury?found?true?the?special?circumstance?allegation?that?the?murder?was?committed?during?the?perpetration?of?a?robbery?(??190.2,?subd.?(a)(17)(i)),?and?also?returned?a?special?finding?that?defendant?shot?and?killed?the?victim.?As?to?each?count?the?jury?also?found?that?defendant?used?a?firearm?to?commit?the?offense.?(??12022.5.)?The?jury?fixed?the?penalty?at?death.?This?appeal?is?automatic.?(??1239,?subd.?(b).) Facts Guilt?Phase?Evidence The?Prosecution On?the?evening?of?January?6,?1985,?Sam?Allessie?was?robbed?and?murdered?in?front?of?the?small?grocery?store?which?he?owned?with?his?wife,?Trudy,?in?Glen?Avon.?Defendant,?who?was?on?parole?for?burglary,?was?arrested?two?days?later.?He?was?linked?to?the?crimes?by?eyewitness?identifications,?fingerprints?which?he?left?on?the?victim's?truck,?bloodstains?in?his?car,?and?money?from?the?robbery?found?in?his?wallet.?As?recounted?at?trial,?the?facts?of?this?tragic?episode?unfolded?as?follows. About?6?p.m.?on?the?evening?in?question,?Sam?and?Trudy?Allessie?were?preparing?to?close?their?store?for?the?night.?As?was?their?custom?on?Sunday?evenings,?they?planned?to?deposit?the?day's?receipts?in?the?night?slot?of?their?bank?and?then?go?to?dinner.?Trudy?had?placed?in?her?purse?approximately?$4,000,?comprised?of?checks,?money?orders?and?about?$1,000?in?cash.?The?cash?was?in?$50?and?$100?denominations.?Trudy?observed?Sam?look?into?his?wallet,?which?he?carried?in?his?back?pants?pocket,?for?money?to?pay?for?dinner. They?left?through?the?front?doors?of?the?market?and?approached?Sam's?pickup?truck.?Sam?opened?the?passenger?door?for?Trudy?and?circled?around?the?back?of?the?truck?to?the?driver's?side.?As?Trudy?lost?sight?of?Sam,?she?heard?loud?talking?from?the?rear?of?the?truck.?Suddenly?she?saw?a?"kid"?trying?to?unlock?the?driver's?door?with?Sam's?keys.?She?became?scared?and?heard?Sam?holler,?"Watch?your?purse,?honey."?Trudy?opened?her?door?to?join?her?husband?and?at?that?moment?was?confronted?by?the?same?"kid"?she?had?seen?moments?earlier.?He?demanded?money.?Trudy?responded,?"All?right,?all?[1?Cal.4th?201]?right,"?and?opened?her?purse?and?handed?him?a?bundle?of?currency.?He?then?grabbed?the?purse?and?ran?toward?the?rear?of?the?truck,?out?of?view. Trudy?thereupon?started?out?of?the?truck?and?heard?a?shot.?fn.?2?Running?to?the?front?of?the?store?she?found?Sam?on?the?ground,?bleeding.?As?she?screamed?for?help,?a?light?colored?car?sped?out?of?the?parking?lot?and?turned?onto?Mission?Boulevard?toward?the?freeway. About?the?time?the?Allessies?were?closing?the?store,?Robert?Gonzales?was?in?a?telephone?booth?outside?the?market?talking?to?his?girlfriend.?Gonzales?heard?a?gunshot?and?saw?a?man?with?a?gun.?Several?seconds?later,?he?observed?the?man?fire?a?second?shot?and?then?run?toward?a?yellow?Pacer.?As?Gonzales?took?cover,?he?saw?a?figure?enter?the?Pacer,?which?raced?away?in?the?direction?of?the?freeway.…